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WATKINS v. DEANGELO-KIPP

No. 15-2445.

854 F.3d 846 (2017)

Gary WATKINS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Jodi DEANGELO-KIPP, Warden, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 10, 2017.

Rehearing En Banc Denied February 17, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Linus Banghart-Linn , OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellant. Phillip D. Comorski , Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Elizabeth Rivard , OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, MI, for Appellant. Phillip D. Comorski , Detroit, Michigan, James Q. Thomas , JAMES C. THOMAS P.C., Sterling Heights, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before: CLAY, KETHLEDGE, and DONALD, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Prior to a jury trial for charges arising from the murder of Quincy Varner, Gary Watkins submitted four times to psychiatric evaluation. Though the first evaluator found him incompetent, subsequent evaluators found him competent and criminally responsible for his actions. Despite his bizarre...

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