Texas appeals ruling requiring faster hospital admission for incompetent defendants
Texas appealed the July 2026 federal order requiring 21-day admission for incompetent-to-stand-trial defendants, with state officials arguing the deadline is unworkable given the state's current hospital bed capacity.
The appeal set up a further ruling weeks later in which the same judge declined to pause enforcement while the appeal proceeded, keeping the compliance clock running even as the state contested the order's feasibility.
Source: Texas fights court ruling requiring that defendants get quicker access to psychiatric hospitals — The Texas Tribune, by Katlyn Ma and Alex Nguyen
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