United States Ninth Circuit
Trueblood v. Washington State Dep't of Social and Health Servs., 15-35462
In a case addressing defendant's competency evaluations and mental health restoration services that follow a determination of incompetency to stand trial, the District Court's injunction, that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires that services for both categories must be provided within seven days of a court order, absent an individualized determination of clinical good cause, is vacated where although defendant must conduct competency evaluations within a reasonable time following a court's order, the seven-day mandate imposes a temporal obligation beyond what the Constitution requires.
Appellate Information
- Published 2016/05/06
Judges
- MCKEOWN
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit