201156P.pdf   03/17/2021  United States  v.  Matthew Coy
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  20-1156
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Colloton and Wollman, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. The district court's order permitting 
   involuntary medication of defendant under Sell v. U.S., 539 U.S. 166 
   (2003) is affirmed; the district court did not err in finding that the 
   involuntary medication would significantly further the state interests in 
   bringing defendant to trial for a serious criminal offense; the evidence 
   showed the medication was substantially likely to render the defendant 
   competent to stand trial and that it was substantially unlikely to have 
   side effect that would interfere significantly with defendant' ability to 
   assist counsel in conducting a trial defense; further the government 
   showed that administration of the drugs was medically appropriate, i.e., 
   in defendant's best medical interest in light of his medical condition.