competency-restoration
2 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-6395 | Robert Lewis Dear, Jr. v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2025-01-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split competency-restoration criminal-procedure due-process forcible-medication sell-standard | When ordering that a criminal defendant be forcibly medicated to restore competence under Sell v. United States, 539 U.S. 166 (2003), must a district … |
| 19-5487 | Martin Anthony Nino v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-08-07 | Denied | Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | violate due-process|civil-rights|8th-amendment|ba without an individualized determination of necess bail-reform-act civil-rights competency-restoration confinement due-process eighth-amendment mental-health | (1) Does automatic confinement for competency restoration, without an individualized determination of whether confinement is necessary, violate due pr… |