Legal Opinion
Foy v. United States
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided October 15, 2012No. C11-3052-MWBPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
LEONARD T. STRAND, United States Magistrate Judge.
“A man’s got to know his limitations.”1 So does a court. As such, even when the parties are in general agreement as to what the court should order, it sometimes turns out that the court cannot do so. Petitioner’s motion (Doc. No. 23) for psychological evaluation provides the court with an opportunity *408to explore and contemplate its limited powers.
BACKGROUND
Petitioner was convicted in 2009 of extortion and sending threatening communications via U.S. Mail and was sentenced to 480 months of imprisonment. After being committed to the custody…
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