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U.S. v. JOHNSON, 4:13CR00290-001 KGB. (2014)

Court: District Court, E.D. Arkansas Number: infdco20140401e17 Visitors: 14
Filed: Apr. 01, 2014
Latest Update: Apr. 01, 2014
Summary: ORDER KRISTINE G. BAKER, District Judge. Defendant Blake Johnson filed an unopposed motion for psychiatric evaluation on January 15, 2014 (Dkt. 28). The motion was previously granted (Dkt. 29). The United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Arkansas informed the Court today, April 1, 2014, that Mr. Johnson has been designated to the FCI FORT WORTH, TEXAS, for the examination and that Mr. Johnson arrived at the facility on February 20, 2014. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 4247(b) and (c), Mr.
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ORDER

KRISTINE G. BAKER, District Judge.

Defendant Blake Johnson filed an unopposed motion for psychiatric evaluation on January 15, 2014 (Dkt. 28). The motion was previously granted (Dkt. 29). The United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Arkansas informed the Court today, April 1, 2014, that Mr. Johnson has been designated to the FCI FORT WORTH, TEXAS, for the examination and that Mr. Johnson arrived at the facility on February 20, 2014.

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 4247(b) and (c), Mr. Johnson was remanded to the custody of the Attorney General or his authorized representative for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days for a psychiatric or psychological examination pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 4241 and for a period not to exceed forty-five (45) days for a psychiatric or psychological examination pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 4242 and that, unless impracticable, the psychiatric or psychological examination shall be conducted in a suitable facility closest to the Court.

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 4247(c), the person conducting the examination must file a report with this Court with copies to counsel for the United States, Assistant United States Attorneys Michael S. Gordon and Cameron Charles McCree, Post Office Box 1229, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72203, and to counsel for the defendant, Mark F. Hampton, 1122 West Capitol Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72201.

The report must state whether Mr. Johnson is suffering from a mental disease or defect that renders him mentally incompetent to the extent that he is unable to understand the nature and consequences of the proceedings against him or to assist properly in his defense; whether he was insane at the time of the offense; and, if he was insane, whether his release would create a substantial risk of bodily injury to another person or serious damage to property of another person. The issue regarding any necessary treatment, and the issues raised regarding 18 U.S.C. § 3142(c), will be evaluated and addressed following receipt of the mental evaluation report.

Fourteen (14) days from the date the examination report is received by the Court and the parties, any party who requests a hearing regarding any issues in the report or opposes the report must file a motion for hearing or a motion in opposition, including a concise statement of opposition to the report and supporting authorities. If no motions are filed within fourteen (14) days, the Court will enter an Order adopting or rejecting the conclusions set forth in the report, and the period of excludable delay will end.1

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the delay occasioned by the examination ordered herein shall be excludable under the provisions of the Speedy Trial Act as provided by 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(1)(A) and (F). Subsection (F) excludes the delay resulting from transportation to and from places of examination "except that any time consumed in excess of ten days from the date [of]. . . an order or an order directing such transportation, and the defendant's arrival at the destination shall be presumed to be unreasonable."

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1. 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(1)(A).
Source:  Leagle

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