Opinion ID: 853338
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Refusal to Medicate

Text: Finally, Timberlake claims that Judge Nation was biased when he refused to order any medication for Timberlake. Timberlake's counsel filed a motion requesting that he be treated. Judge Nation denied this request. Timberlake claims that this denial illustrates the judge's bias against Timberlake in light of the medical evidence that Timberlake was psychotic. As a preliminary matter, we again note that Timberlake cites no authority for this proposition. Judge Nation held a lengthy hearing on the issue of Timberlake's competency and then determined that Timberlake was competent to proceed without medical treatment. Timberlake himself stated several times that he wanted no medication. Because we cannot say that this finding is clearly erroneous, see Part I, Judge Nation's decision to deny medication does not appear to reasonably question his impartiality.