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HINCKLEY v. U.S.

No. 97-3183.

163 F.3d 647 (1999)

John W. HINCKLEY, Jr., Appellant v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 15, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Wm. Levine argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs was Adam Proujansky. John T. Kotelly entered an appearance.

Thomas C. Black, Assistant United States Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Wilma A. Lewis, United States Attorney, John R. Fisher, Robert R. Chapman and Thomas E. Zeno, Assistant United States Attorneys. Thomas J. Tourish, Jr. and Helen M. Bollwerk, Assistant United States Attorneys, entered appearances.

John M. Ferren, Corporation Counsel, Charles L. Reischel and Janet L. Maher, Deputy Corporation Counsels, were on the brief for amicus curiae District of Columbia.

Before: WALD, WILLIAMS and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WALD.

Dissenting Opinion filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.

WALD, Circuit Judge:

In early December 1997, St. Elizabeths Hospital ("Hospital") in Washington, D.C., filed a letter notifying the district court that it had approved a supervised six-hour outing for John W. Hinckley, Jr., an insanity acquittee, to eat a holiday dinner with his parents and a companion on December 29, 1997, in a designated private...

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