United States v. Donald G. Auen

This appeal concerns a matter previously before this court. The relevant facts are set out fully in United States v. Auen, (“Auen I”) 846 F.2d 872 (2d Cir.1988). In Auen I, we were asked to determine whether the district court erred when it did not make a specific determination of Defendant-Appellant Donald Auen’s competency to stand trial, and whether Auen was denied his right to assistance of counsel. We remanded the case to the district court to “consider, first, whether it [could] make a meaningful determination into Auen’s competency at the time of trial, and second, assuming it [could],…