United States v. Arenburg

Defendant-Appellant Jeffrey Robert Arenburg, a Canadian citizen, asks us to vacate his conviction for assaulting a federal official, 18 U.S.C. § 111, on the ground that he was not competent to stand trial. The district court’s competency determination was based principally on a magistrate judge’s prior findings that defendant was competent to stand trial and to represent himself. On appeal, no party challenges the accuracy of the magistrate judge’s findings at the time they were made, almost two months prior to the trial. Moreover, although defendant proceeded pro se, neither the government…