United States v. Jeffrey Allen Steil

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• holding that clearly erroneous standard applies to review District Court’s determination of dangerousness under 18 U.S.C. § 4246
• holding that the “clearly erroneous standard governs our review of a district court’s ... finding of dangerousness” under 18 U.S.C. § 4246
• holding that delusions and threats were enough to prove dan- gerousness even though defendant never had the opportunity to act on them
• recognizing that state placement depends on finding a state institution willing to accept the inmate, and noting that the government has a continuing duty to place the inmate in a state institution
• affirming dangerousness finding and noting absence of opportunity to act on delusions and threats while in prison
• affirming finding of dangerousness where “medical health professionals have found [the defendant] mentally ill and dangerous, and there is no medical opinion to the contrary in the record before us”

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