United States v. Tony Lapi

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• holding that the district court lacked statutory authority for a section 4246 hearing when \the statutory requirement of certification had not been met\ and the defendant was no longer in federal custody
• observing that § 4246 is “drafted narrowly” and applies only in rare circumstances
• holding the district court lacked authority to conduct a dan- gerousness hearing under § 4246 when the state facility deter- mined the defendant no longer required hospitalization and had already released him
• noting that federal district court no longer had authority to intervene after “state civil commitment proceedings were instituted and the defendant was transferred to state custody” as contemplated by § 4246(a) (emphasis omitted)

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