United States v. Joaquin Foy

Joaquin Foy’s case is nothing short of Kafkaesque and cries out to be heard by some court of competent jurisdiction. Despite not having stood trial and not having been convicted of a crime, Foy has been confined in federal penal institutions continuously since 2003. For the last six of these years, Foy’s civil commitment under the Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984 (“IDRA”), 18 U.S.C. §§ 17, 4241^7, has continued despite the fact that a panel of experts repeatedly has recommended that he be released because he poses no danger to others if released under a prescribed regimen of care, and…