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Second Circuit – Competency: United States v. Boima
Daily Record Staff//November 12, 2024//
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Competency — Administration of psychotropic drugs
23-6115
Judges Livingston, Sullivan, and Menashi
Background: The defendant appealed from an order that authorized the Bureau of Prisons forcibly to medicate him to restore his competency to stand trial for his assault on federal officers engaged in the performance of their official duties.
Ruling: The Second Circuit vacated the order. The court held that the district court failed to consider and make a finding as to all four factors outlined in Sell v. United States, 539 U.S. 166 (2003).
Martin J. Vogelbaum, assistant Federal Public Defender, for the defendant-appellant; Sean Eldridge, assistant United States attorney, for the appellee.
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- Second Circuit – Tax liens and levies: Besicorp v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
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