Opinion ID: 171731
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Heading: Lack of Adequate Treatment Claim

Text: Finally, Mr. DeShazer argues that a lack of adequate medical treatment throughout the pendency of the pre-trial proceedings violated his due process rights as articulated in Jackson. He makes clear that this claim is distinct from his previous motion to dismiss under Jackson, which argued that the trial delay prejudiced his ability to present an adequate defense, and which we dismissed for lack of jurisdiction because it was in essence a speedy-trial claim. See DeShazer, 451 F.3d at 1222. He now contends that Jackson mandates a promise of treatment and that his long years barren of treatment while his trial was pending violated this principle. Because Mr. DeShazer raises this argument for the first time on appeal, we again review for plain error. See Muñoz-Nava, 524 F.3d at 1147. Mr. DeShazer does not point out where Jackson provides that such a promise of treatment is constitutionally required. Indeed, he does not even state what remedy he is seeking. Jackson held that due process prevents the government from indefinitely confining an incompetent defendant without further proceedings directed at treatment or to restore competency. See Jackson, 406 U.S. at 720, 738, 92 S.Ct. 1845. Here, unlike in Jackson, Mr. DeShazer was competent, and the district court was eager to proceed to trial and dispense with the matter. Simply put, the fact that the court did not sua sponte order mental health treatment while Mr. DeShazer was in custody was not error.