United States v. Calvin Wedington

Calvin Wedington pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 1982 and was sentenced to life in prison. In 2005, the district court granted a petition by the United States to transfer custody to the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minnesota (FMCR), finding that Wedington “is presently suffering from a mental disease or defect for the treatment of which he is in need of custody for care or treatment in a suitable facility.” 18 U.S.C. § 4245(d). Under this section, the Attorney General “shall hospitalize” an inmate “until he is no longer in need of such custody for care or treatment or until…