Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Joseph THOMPSON, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-03-25
Citations: 317 F. App'x 575
Docket Number: No. 08-2093
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Joseph THOMPSON, Appellant.
Judges: Before RILEY, SMITH, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 317
Pages: 575–576

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Joseph THOMPSON, Appellant.
No. 08-2093.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: March 19, 2009.
Filed: March 25, 2009.
Ian A. Lewis, Asst. Fed. Public Defender, Springfield, MO (Raymond C. Conrad, Jr., Fed. Public Defender, Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellant.
Joseph T. McGuire, Springfield Medical Center, Springfield, MO, for appellee.
Before RILEY, SMITH, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Joseph Thompson appeals the district court's order committing him to the custody of the Attorney General under 18 U.S.C. § 4246, and we affirm.
Section 4246 provides for the indefinite hospitalization of a person who has been committed to the custody of the Attorney General under 18 U.S.C. § 4241(d) (concerning mental incompetence to stand trial) and who is found — after a hearing, by clear and convincing evidence — to be suffering from a mental disease or defect as a result of which his release would create a substantial risk of bodily injury to another person or serious damage to property of another. See 18 U.S.C. § 4246. In this case, the district court found that commitment was appropriate because state placement was unavailable and the mental health professionals who examined Thompson unanimously believed that his limited intelligence, history of substance abuse, and antisocial personality disorder, coupled with self-reported hallucinations sometimes commanding him to hurt others, created a risk of dangerousness within the meaning of section 4246 if Thompson were unconditionally released. We hold that this finding is not clearly erroneous. See United States v. Williams, 299 F.3d 673, 676-77 (8th Cir.2002) (standard of review). We note that Thompson's custodians are under an ongoing obligation to prepare annual reports concerning Thompson's mental condition and the need for his continued hospitalization, see 18 U.S.C. § 4247(e)(1)(B), and to exert reasonable efforts to place Thompson in a suitable state facility, see 18 U.S.C. § 4246(d).
The judgment of the district court is affirmed, and counsel's motion to withdraw is granted.
. The Honorable Richard E. Dorr, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, adopting the report and recom-mendalions of the Honorable James C. England, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Missouri.