United States v. Best

Dr. Galloway and Dr. Kirubakaran assessed Appellant’s mental condition while Appellant was an inmate at the Disciplinary *389Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. As recounted in the majority opinion, neither doctor assessed Appellant as suffering from a severe mental disease or defect. As a result, neither doctor treated Appellant for such a disease or defect. Dr. Galloway indicated in her assessment a suspicion that Appellant was malingering and that abnormalities in his behavior should be treated in the framework of custodial discipline and not as medical problems. However, there came a time…