United States v. Gamarra

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. Criminal No. 17-65 (JDB) JEAN-PAUL GAMARRA, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Before the Court is [31] the government’s objection to Magistrate Judge Deborah A. Robinson’s Report and Recommendation on the government’s motion to involuntarily medicate defendant Jean-Paul Gamarra to restore him to competency. The Report and Recommendation denied the government’s motion, holding that “treatment” is a statutory prerequisite for involuntary medication and that the government failed to meet that requirement. For the…