United States v. John Leonard Ecker, A/K/A Leonard Hoffecker

The appellant, John Leonard Ecker, was arrested and charged with violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(2), which prohibits the possession of firearms by a convicted felon. A magistrate instituted proceedings under 18 U.S.C. § 4241, found that Ecker was currently incompetent to stand trial, and committed him for evaluation to determine whether he was likely to attain the capacity to be tried in the foreseeable future. Ecker appealed the commitment order to this court. The government has moved to dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, pointing out that Ecker has appealed from a magistrate’s order,…