United States Ninth Circuit
US v. Onuoha, 15-50300
In a case in which the defendant was charged under 18 U.S.C. sections 844(e) and 1038(a)(1) for making phone calls instructing authorities to evacuate the Los Angeles International Airport, the district court's order authorizing the Bureau of Prisons to forcibly medicate the defendant to restore his competency to stand trial is reversed and remanded for further proceedings where although there is an important government interest at stake in prosecuting the defendant, the district court clearly erred in finding that the proposed course of treatment was in the defendant’s best medical interests.
Appellate Information
- Decided
- Published 2016/04/20
Judges
- GOULD
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit