The Luke Wenke Files
Because People Deserve to Know
Category: competency
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LETTER: Luke Wenke Tells Judge About His Bizarre BDSM Break-In Fantasy, Claims Distant El Chapo Connection
Luke Wenke sent the following letter to the Honorable John L. Sinatra, Jr. in November 2024 while detained at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago for a competency evaluation. It contains a series of unusual allegations involving me, his former probation officer, law enforcement, court…
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Luke Wenke Threatens Multiple Lawsuits, Falsely Accuses Victims of Crimes
In the following letter to the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City (received in May of 2025), Luke Wenke reflects on his incarceration, legal cases, the death of Pope Francis, and his growing list of grievances against people and institutions he…
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Luke Wenke X/Twitter Threads | December 2025
The following screenshots depict Luke Wenke’s X/Twitter threads, which mostly consist of Wenke talking to himself, from December of last year. He made his most recent post on December 17th, shortly before his arrest for his current federal cyberstalking case. Wenke remains in custody at…
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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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Letter: Luke Wenke Demands Government Funding For His Mommy’s Restaurant
Luke Wenke sent the following letter to U.S. District Court judge John Sinatra, Jr. in August 2024 while detained on federal remand at the Orleans County Jail in Albion, New York. USA v. Luke Wenke | Letter August 21st, 2024 (3+ months before this website…
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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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Luke Wenke’s Public Defender Requests a Mental Evaluation, Citing Competency Concerns
In July 2024, Luke Wenke’s public defender asked the federal court to order a competency evaluation, raising concerns about whether Wenke was capable of understanding the proceedings against him and assisting in his defense. The defense requested an examination under 18 U.S.C. § 4241, the…
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Motion to Stay: Public Defender Insists Luke Wenke is NOT Delusional
Luke Wenke’s public defender challenged findings that Wenke suffered from delusions as part of the defense’s effort to oppose his involuntary commitment for mental health treatment. The dispute followed evaluations by forensic psychologist Dr. Corey Leidenfrost, who concluded that Wenke exhibited persistent grandiose, persecutory, and…
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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…
