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Parties Involved:
Melodi Fae Harris
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

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DANIEL J. BRODERICK, Bar #89424

Federal Defender

RACHELLE BARBOUR, Bar #185395

Research and Writing Attorney

801 I Street, 3rd Floor 

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 498-5700

Attorney for Defendant

MELODI FAE HARRIS

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

MELODI FAE HARRIS, 

 Defendant. _____________________________

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NO. CR.S-06-107-FCD

ORDER DIRECTING HOSPITALIZATION

OF DEFENDANT FOR TREATMENT

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. 

§ 4241(d)

On the issue of the competency of defendant Melodi Fae Harris to

stand trial pursuant to the standards set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 4241(a),

the defendant, through her attorney, Rachelle Barbour, and the United

States through AUSA Matthew Stegman have submitted the issue on the

competency evaluation performed by Psychologist Christopher Heard and

waive further hearing.

Based on the finding of the competency evaluator that Ms. Harris

is incompetent to proceed to trial, and the parties’ joint submission

of this matter on the report, this Court finds that reasonable cause

exists to believe that Ms. Harris is presently suffering from a mental

disease or defect rendering her mentally incompetent to the extent that

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she is unable to assist properly in her defense, and thus, that she is

not mentally competent at this time to further address the criminal

charges against her or to stand trial concerning those charges.

Therefore, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 4241(d), Ms. Harris is

committed to the custody of the Attorney General for treatment in a

suitable facility for a period not to exceed four months, as is

necessary to determine whether there is a substantial probability that

in the foreseeable future Ms. Harris will attain the capacity to permit

the proceedings to go forward.

DATED: January 25, 2010

 

FRANK C. DAMRELL JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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