U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2010

United States v. Lance Kolesar

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided March 3, 2010 · Alarcón, Fletcher, Rawlinson

368 F. App'x 831

Counsel

Paulette Lynn Stewart, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Helena, MT, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Michael Donahoe, Esquire, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Defenders of Montana Helena Branch Office, Helena, MT, for Defendant-Appellant.

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT MAR 03 2010

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S . CO U RT OF AP PE A LS

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 09-30238

Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 6:08-cr-00005-DWM-1 v.

MEMORANDUM * LANCE KEVIN KOLESAR,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Donald W. Molloy, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted February 5, 2010 Seattle, Washington

Before: ALARCMN, W. FLETCHER and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Defendant Lance Kevin Kolesar appeals from the district court's June 8, 2009 order recommitting him to the custody of the Attorney General for the purpose of conducting a dangerousness evaluation pursuant to 18 U.S.C. y 4246(b). A magistrate judge had previously determined under y 4241(d) that Kolesar's condition had not so improved as to permit the proceedings to go forward and recommended that the district court find that he be subject to the provisions of y 4246.

The district court order from which Kolesar appeals is not an appealable order for the purposes of 28 U.S.C. y 1291. In United States v. Ohnicµ, 803 F.2d 1485 (9th Cir. 1985), we held that '[o]nly after [a y 4246(a)] dangerousness hearing does a commitment order under section 4246 become final. At that point, review is available under 28 U.S.C. y 1291.' Id. at 1486.

Here, the director of the medical facility where Kolesar is hospitalized has already issued a dangerousness certificate as required by y 4246(a). Furthermore, the district court for the Western District of Missouri, the district where Kolesar is presently confined, has already held a y 4246(a) dangerousness hearing on which it has yet to rule. Thus, the Missouri district court's determination pursuant to that dangerousness hearing will be a final order from which Kolesar can appeal.

DISMISSED.

FILED U.S. v. Kolesar, Case No. 09-30238 MAR 03 2010 Rawlinson, Circuit Judge, concurring: MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S . CO U RT OF AP PE A LS I concur in the determination that this case should be dismissed.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

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