US v. Stephen Dees

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US v. Stephen Dees

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 10-6195 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Petitioner - Appellee, v. STEPHEN G. DEES, Respondent - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. W. Earl Britt, Senior District Judge. (5:09-hc-02100-BR) Submitted: October 28, 2010 SHEDD, Circuit Decided: Judges, and December 9, 2010 HAMILTON, Senior

Before MOTZ and Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Thomas P. McNamara, Federal Public Defender, Jane E. Pearce, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Diana Pereira, Research and Writing Specialist, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. George E. B. Holding, United States Attorney, Jennifer P. May-Parker, Assistant United States Attorney, David T. Huband, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM: Stephen G. Dees appeals the district court's order

committing him to the custody of the Attorney General under 18 U.S.C. § 4246 (2006). Dees asserts that the district court

erred in concluding that he posed a substantial risk of danger to others as a result of his mental disorder. we affirm. After a hearing, the district court found by clear and convincing evidence that Dees "is presently suffering from a mental disease or defect as a result of which his release would create a substantial risk of bodily injury to another person or serious damage to property of another." 18 U.S.C. § 4246(d). Finding no error,

Our review of the record leads us to conclude that the district court did not clearly err in finding that Dees met this

standard. 2003)

United States v. LeClair, 338 F.3d 882, 885 (8th Cir. standard of review); see United States v.

(stating

Robinson, 404 F.3d 850, 856 (4th Cir. 2005) (reviewing for clear error court's decision regarding defendant's competency to stand trial and citing United States v. Cox, 964 F.2d 1431, 1433 (4th Cir. 1992)); see also United States v. Harvey, 532 F.3d 326, 336-37 (4th Cir. 2008) (stating that a finding is clearly

erroneous "when, although there is evidence to support it, the reviewing court on the entire evidence is left with the definite

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and

firm

conviction

that

a

mistake

has

been

committed")

(internal quotation marks and citation omitted). Accordingly, court. legal before we affirm the order of the district

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and contentions the court are and adequately argument presented not in aid the the materials decisional

would

process. AFFIRMED

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