ProTek Capital Inc (PRPM)

[MichaelJK]

Defendant Barry Mezey is charged in a one-count Indictment with impersonating a diplomat or foreign government official between February 23, 2018, and June 27, 2018, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 915, ECF No. [6]. He was arrested on June 27, 2018, and charged by Complaint on June 28, 2018. He appeared before Magistrate Judge McAliley for a detention hearing on July 3, 2018, and those proceedings have been continued in an effort to find a secure placement for him in the community, such as Fellowship House. Magistrate Judge McAliley has held multiple hearings regarding this issue, and there is a transcript of the proceedings that occurred July 16, 2018. As part of that process, Fellowship House has required Mr. Mezey to release records of his past psychiatric treatment, and has also required Mr. Mezey to be interviewed by mental health specialists.

At a status conference held by the undersigned Magistrate Judge on August 7, 2018, counsel for both sides advised the undersigned Magistrate Judge that no decision had been reached by Fellowship House regarding whether they would accept Mr. Mezey into their program. In response to questioning by the undersigned Magistrate Judge regarding whether a competency examination should be ordered by the Court based on Mr. Mezey's psychiatric history, both counsel advised the Court that there was no reason to believe that Mr. Mezey was not competent to proceed in this matter.