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U.S. v. FRIERSON

No. 00-1186.

208 F.3d 282 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner, Appellee, v. Michael FRIERSON, Respondent, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 31, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Baron-Evans, Federal Defender Office, with whom Owen S. Walker, Federal Defender Office, was on brief, for appellant.

Peter K. Levitt, Assistant U.S. Attorney, with whom Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, STAHL, and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns the procedures for involuntarily committing a federal prisoner, Michael Frierson, to a medical center for in-patient care for a mental disease. Because of the resulting infringement on the liberty interests that even an imprisoned person retains, such commitments are girded by statutory procedural requirements set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 4245. Those statutory procedures were Congress's response to Vitek v. Jones, ...

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