United States v. Michael Francis Charters, Jr., American Psychological Association, Amicus Curiae v. American Psychiatric Association, Amicus Curiae

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Michael Francis Charters, an involuntarily-committed psychiatric patient at the Federal Correctional Institution at Butner, North Carolina (Butner), appeals a district court order permitting the administration of antipsychotic medication over his objection. Charters contends that medicating him without his consent or a judicial determination that he is incompetent to make his own medical decisions unconstitutionally impinges upon his liberty interests. We believe the district court correctly determined that Charters’ interests were adequately protected by the exercise…