Legal Opinion
United States v. Palmer
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 31, 2007No. 06-31018PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:
This interlocutory appeal involves the district court’s grant of the Government’s motion to involuntarily medicate Wayne Lee Palmer to render him competent to stand trial. Because we conclude that this motion is constitutionally permissible under the particular circumstances shown in this record, we affirm.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Palmer has had a long history of involvement with federal authorities. In October 2003, he entered the Clerk of Court’s office for the Middle District of Louisiana, demanding to know why the pro se lawsuit he had previously…
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