No. 25-5968

Mark Wheeler v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-28
Status: Dismissed
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process involuntary-commitment mental-competency
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-12-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the mandatory commitment of a permanently incompetent defendant solely to assess the possibility of restoring competency violate due process?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Does the mandatory commitment of a permanently incompetent defendant solely to assess the possibility of restoring competency violate due process? ii INTERESTED PARTIES Pursuant to Sup. Ct. R. 14.1(b)(i) , Mr. Wheeler submits that there are no

Docket Entries

2026-01-29
Petition Dismissed - Rule 46.
2026-01-28
Letter of United States submitted.
2026-01-28
Letter from the Solicitor General consenting to the dismissal of the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 46.1 filed.
2026-01-27
Motion of Mark Wheeler to dismiss submitted.
2026-01-27
Motion to dismiss the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 46 filed by counsel for petitioner.
2025-12-31
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 30, 2026.
2025-12-29
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2025-12-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 31, 2025 to January 30, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-12-01
Response Requested. (Due December 31, 2025)
2025-11-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
2025-11-07
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-11-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-10-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 28, 2025)

Attorneys

Mark Wheeler
Jessica LeeFederal Defenders of the Middle District of GA Inc, Petitioner
Jessica LeeFederal Defenders of the Middle District of GA Inc, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent