Opinion ID: 162885
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Risk Assessment Report

Text: 13 By order of the district court, a panel at the United States Medical Center for federal prisoners in Springfield, Missouri consisting of the chief of psychiatry, a supervisory social worker, and a staff psychologist, convened to determine whether the release of Mr. Gilgert would present a substantial risk of bodily injury to others or serious damage to the property of others. Rec. vol. IV, def's ex. D, at 1 (Risk Assessment, dated Dec. 14, 2001). The panel's risk assessment report noted that Mr. Gilgert's hospital records indicate that he has received a diagnosis of chronic paranoid schizophrenia, has a history of explosive threatening statements toward individuals [at Valley Mental Health], and that Mr. Gilgert's threat[s] to bomb buildings in Salt Lake City had led to his hospitalization at the Utah State Hospital for two years in 1997. Id. at 2. 2 The report stated that hospital records make reference to an [unsubstantiated] allegation that pipe bomb paraphernalia was found in Mr. Gilgert's apartment by one of their staff members following his 1997 hospitalization. Id. The report further observed that Mr. Gilgert is inconsistent in taking his medication, id., has threatened two of [the hospital's] staff members along with President Bush, id., has a history of cocaine abuse, id., and has an extensive criminal history dating back over twenty-five years. Id. at 3. The report memorialized the panel members' observations that while at Springfield Medical Center for evaluation, Mr. Gilgert became more agitated, made delusional accusations against staff, and appeared physically threatening. Id. at 4. 14 The panel's report concluded that Mr. Gilgert remains acutely psychotic, and that his release would [create] a substantial risk of bodily injury to another person or serious damage to the property of another due to his present mental disease or defect. Id. at 5. The report further concluded that Mr. Gilgert is in need of continued inpatient mental health care at the present time. Id.