Legal Opinion
United States v. Ruiz-Gaxiola
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 24, 2010No. 08-10378PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
The government is allowed to medicate a defendant involuntarily for the purpose of rendering him competent to stand trial only in rare circumstances. The question is whether this case presents those rare circumstances. Our answer is that it does not.
On July 26, 2006, defendant Vicente Ruiz-Gaxiola was charged with illegal reentry in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. He was subsequently diagnosed with Delusional Disorder, grandiose type, and was found incompetent to stand trial. An administrative hearing conducted pursuant to Washington v. Harper, 494 U.S. 210, 110…
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