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Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co ur t fo r th e Weste rn Dis tri ct of M is so ur i - Sp rin gf ie ld

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Su bm it te d: Marc h 7 , 20 18 Fi le d: Marc h 2 1, 2 01 8 [Un pu bl is he d]

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PER CURI AM.

Ada m La mon s, who was fo un d in co m pe te nt to pr oc eed wit h a he ari ng on a ch arg ed vio la tio n of supe rv ise d re le as e co nd it io ns , ap pe al s fro m th e ci vi l co m m it m en tor de r of th e Dis tri ct Co ur t. Und er 18 U.S.C. § 42 46
, a pe rs on in fed eral cu st od y bu t 1
du e fo r rel eas e m ay ne ve rth el es s be ho sp it al iz ed if th e co ur t, aft er a he ari ng , fin ds by cl ear an d co nv in ci ng ev id en ce th at th e pr is on er is su ffer in g fro m a m en ta l di se as e or de fect su ch th at hi s rel eas e wou ld be da ng ero us to th e pu bl ic

. Uni te d St at es v. W il li am s, 29 9 F.3 d 67 3, 67 6 (8 th Ci r. 20 02 ). Lam o n s i s p r e se nt ly co nf in ed at th e Uni te d St at es Med ic al Cen te r fo r Fed eral Pri so ne rs in Sp rin gf ie ld
, Mi ss ou ri (MC FP).
On ap pe al fro m th e or de r of co m m it m en t, he ch al le ng es th e su ffi ci en cy of th e

ev id en ce jus ti fy in g h is co nt in ue d h os pi ta li zat io n.

W e ha ve rev ie wed th e Dis tri ct Co ur t’s fact ua l de te rm in at io ns un de rlyin g th e

co m m it m en t de ci si on fo r cl ear erro r, an d we affi rm

. See id

. (s ta nd a r d of rev ie w). The co ur t’s or de r is su pp or te d by th e un an im ou s op in io ns of m en ta l he al th s t a f f at MCF P an d de fen se c o un se l’s in de pe nd en t ps y ch ol og ic al ex am in er. Tho se m en ta l he al th pr of

es si on al s rep or te d th at Lam on s was su ffer in g fro m a se rio us m en ta l il ln es s wit h on go in g sym

pt om s of ps y ch os is an d met th e cri te ria fo r § 42 46 co m m it m en t. The y in di cat ed
, in pa rt, th at Lam on s was ex pe rie nc in g sym pt om s of ps y ch os is rel at ed

to hi s m en ta l il ln es s an d was un ab le to fu nc ti on on an un lo ck ed ho us in g un it ; th at he ha d a hi st or y of no nc om pl ia nc e or sp or ad i c co m pl ia nc e wit h tre at m en t, of

m is pe rcei vi ng si tu at io ns an d resp on di ng wit h vi ol en ce or ag gr es si on , of po ss es si ng
weap on s, an d of us in g il li ci t su bs ta nc es ; an d th at he ha d r e c en tl y de m on st rat ed

ag gr es si ve an d th reat en in g be ha vi or

. See, e.g ., Uni te d St at es v. Eck er, 30 F.3 d 96 6,
97 0 (8 th Ci r.) (n ot in g on e do ct or ’s te st im on y of “ m ajor fact or s i n d e t e r mi ni ng
po te nt ia l d an ge ro us ne ss ”), cer t. d en ie d, 5 13 U.S. 10 64 (19 94 ).

The Att or ne y Gen eral m

us t co nt in ue effo rts to pl ace Lam on s in a su it ab le st at e faci li ty an d pr ep are an nu al rep or ts co nc e r n i n g h i s co nd it io n an d th e ne ed fo r

The Hon or ab le M. Dou gl as Harp oo l
, U n i t ed St at es Dis tri ct Ju dg e fo r th e 1 W es te rn Dis tri ct of Mi ss ou ri, ad op ti ng th e rep or t an d reco mm e n d a t i on s of th e Hon or ab le Dav id P. Ru sh
, Uni te d St at es Mag is tra te Ju dg e fo r th e W es te rn Dis tri ct of Mi ss ou ri.

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-co nt in ue d co m m it m en t. See 18 U.S.C. § 42 46 (d ). In li gh t of an up da te d rep or t fil ed in th e Dis tri ct Co ur t in di cat in g th at as of Aug us t 20 17
, Lam on s ha d sh own pr og res s in ach ie vi ng st ab il it y , we tru st th at th e go ve rn m en t wil l a c t pr om pt ly to faci li ta te
pr oc eed in gs as wa rran te d. Se e id . § 4 24 7( e).

W e aff irm th e jud gm en t an d g ran t co un se l’s m ot io n t o wi th dr aw.

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