United States v. Lewis C. Ecker, II

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

Appellant Ecker has moved for summary reversal of the District Court’s denial of St. Elizabeths Hospital’s recommendation for his conditional release from that hospital on the ground that the trial judge clearly abused his discretion. We deny the motion for summary reversal and, sua sponte, summarily affirm the decision below.

On the basis of this record, we find that the hospital’s evidence raised sufficient questions about appellant’s mental stability and about the adequacy of its own investigation into his mental status to support the-trial judge’s denial of Ecker’s…