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113506P.pdf   05/18/2012  United States  v.  Fred Neal, Jr.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  11-3506
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock   
   [PUBLISHED] [Bye, Author, with Wollman and Benton, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - criminal law. The district court erred in committing
   defendant to a Bureau of Prisons facility for a competency evaluation
   without conducting a hearing at which the government could present
   evidence to justify the commitment and without seriously considering
   defendant's request for an outpatient evaluation; without factual findings
   this court could not conduct a meaningful review or determine whether
   the district court's order complied with due process requirements by
   fettering defendant's freedom in the least restrictive manner; remanded for
   further proceedings.