Legal Opinion
United States v. Jimmie Jones, United States of America v. Pedro Lopez-Vargas
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 10, 1987No. 86-1747, 86-2318PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Chief Judge.
The United States (“the government”) brings this consolidated appeal from orders of the district court 1 holding that, under 18 U.S.C. § 4245 (Supp.III 1985), 2 a federal prisoner must be afforded a hearing before he may be transferred to a separate facility for a psychiatric or psychological evalua tion to determine whether mental commitment proceedings should be commenced against him. For the following reasons, we reverse the judgment of the district court.
Facts
Jimmie Jones was convicted of unarmed bank robbery on October 17, 1980, and sentenced to serve twenty years at the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Meachum v. FanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Olim v. WakinekonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Vitek v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Montanye v. HaymesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. MortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- United States v. David P. TalleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Myrick v. Freuhauf Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Raymond P. Zajac and Helen Ann Zajac v. Federal Land Bank of St. PaulCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
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