DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
This case tests the limits of a district court's authority to set conditions of release for a criminal defendant found not guilty by reason of insanity. A federal statute, 42 U.S.C. § 4243, spells out a particular drill for the district court to follow after such a finding. In Dr. Swapna Jain's case, however, after she had been tried on charges that she transmitted threats of violence through interstate commerce and was found not...
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