Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Steven M. EVANS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-12-09
Citations: 546 F. App'x 611
Docket Number: No. 13-2417
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Steven M. EVANS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before LOKEN, BOWMAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 546
Pages: 611–611

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Steven M. EVANS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-2417.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Dec. 2, 2013.
Filed: Dec. 9, 2013.
Ian A. Lewis, Asst. Fed. Public Defender, Springfield, MO (Stephen C. Moss, Acting Fed. Public Defender, Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellant.
Steven M. Evans, Springfield, MO, pro se.
Earl W. Brown III, Asst. U.S. Atty., Springfield, MO, for appellee.
Before LOKEN, BOWMAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Steven Evans, who was found incompetent to proceed on a criminal charge involving kidnapping his children, appeals the district court's order committing him to the custody of the Attorney General under 18 U.S.C. § 4246, which provides for the hospitalization of a person due for release but found by clear and convincing evidence after a hearing to be suffering from a mental disease or defect such that his release would be dangerous. Having carefully reviewed the record and Evans's counseled and pro se arguments, we conclude that the district court's findings in support of the commitment order are not clearly erroneous. See United States v. Williams, 299 F.3d 673, 676-78 (8th Cir.2002). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. We also grant counsel's motion to withdraw.
. The Honorable Fernando J. Gaitan, Jr., Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable David P. Rush, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Missouri.