Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Onas BARR, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-04-10
Citations: 273 F. App'x 571
Docket Number: No. 07-1985
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Onas BARR, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 273
Pages: 571–572

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Onas BARR, Appellant.
No. 07-1985.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: April 3, 2008.
Filed: April 10, 2008.
Perry Frank Sekus, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellee.
Katherine Menendez, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellant.
Onas Barr, Rochester, MN, pro se.
Before BYE, SMITH, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
[UNPUBLISHED]
PER CURIAM.
Federal inmate Onas Barr appeals the district court's order committing him under 18 U.S.C. § 4245, which provides for the hospitalization of an imprisoned person suffering from a mental disease or defect, until he no longer needs treatment or his prison sentence expires, whichever occurs first. Following careful review, we conclude that the district court's section 4245 finding was supported by the unrefuted opinion of the mental health professionals at the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minnesota, and was not clearly erroneous, notwithstanding Barr's denial of mental illness. See 18 U.S.C. § 4245(d) (determination of mental illness and treatment need, and burden of proof); United States v. Bean, 373 F.3d 877, 879 (8th Cir.2004) (standard of review); United States v. Eckerson, 299 F.3d 913, 914-15 (8th Cir.2002) (per curiam) (upholding commitment order based on opinion of prison hospital staff, despite inmate's denial of mental illness).
Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court, grant counsel's motion to withdraw, and deny Barr's motion.
. The Honorable Joan N. Ericksen, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Susan Richard Nelson, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota.