Legal Opinion
United States v. Margaret Knape Davis
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 26, 1996No. 96-1156PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WELLS, District Judge.
This is an interlocutory appeal from a decision of the district court requiring defendant-appellant, Margaret Knape Davis, to self-surrender at Federal Medical Center (“FMC”) Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas, for a forty-five day period of psychiatric and psychological examination. We conclude the district court lacked authority to order the commitment and examination of the defendant under either Criminal Rule 12.2(c) or 18 U.S.C. §§ 4241 and 4242. However, under the circumstances of this case, we hold the district court has the inherent authority to order a reasonable…
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