United States v. Craig O. Copley

SPENCER, District Judge:

This is an appeal from the district court’s determination that appellant should be civilly committed pursuant to Title 18 U.S.C. § 4246(a). We agree and affirm.

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Craig 0. Copley, appellant, was indicted on August 24,1988 in the Northern District of New York on two counts of mailing threatening communications to the president 1 and on one count of threatening the life of the president. 2 Copley was arraigned on August 31, 1988. At this hearing, the United States moved to have Copley committed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 4241 for the purpose of evaluating his competency to…