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Category: CATEGORY: 2025 appeal
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Luke Wenke Appeal: Government Defends Involuntary Commitment
In this appellee brief, the U.S. government asks the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a federal judge’s April 2025 decision ordering Luke Wenke to undergo involuntary inpatient mental health treatment. The dispute followed Wenke’s federal cyberstalking conviction and multiple subsequent alleged supervised-release violations.…
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Luke Wenke LETTER: “Important People Attended My Baptism in 1992”
Luke Wenke mailed the following letter to the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City in May of 2025 while detained at the Niagara County Jail in Lockport, New York. In it, he discusses his 1992 baptism in Olean, New York, claiming…
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Luke Wenke Appeal: Appellant’s Brief in Federal Case #25-1165
In this appellant’s brief, Luke Wenke challenges the federal district court’s decision ordering his involuntary commitment to a mental health facility. Filed in Appeal No. 25-1165, the brief argues that the evidence presented to the district court was insufficient to justify Wenke’s hospitalization, even if…
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Luke Wenke Appeal: Prosecution Urges Court to DENY Wenke’s Motion to Stay Involuntary Commitment
In June 2025, federal prosecutors opposed Luke Wenke’s request to delay his involuntary commitment while he appealed the district court’s treatment order. Wenke had been ordered in April 2025 to undergo involuntary mental health treatment at a suitable facility. His federal public defender sought to…
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Federal Judge Orders Luke Wenke Committed for Treatment
The following Order of Commitment is the federal court decision that became the subject of Luke Wenke’s Appeal No. 25-1165. It was handed down in April 2025 following proceedings concerning Wenke’s mental health, dangerousness, competency, and suspected need for compulsory mental health treatment. The proceedings…
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Luke Wenke Appeal 25-1165 | Notice of Appeal
This May 1, 2025 Notice of Appeal marks the beginning of Luke Wenke’s second federal appeal stemming from his original cyberstalking case. Wenke filed the appeal after the federal court ordered him involuntarily committed to a “suitable facility” for mental health treatment. Through this filing,…
