A federal judge has ordered a psychiatric examination of Norman Leboon, the man who allegedly threatened to kill Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) in a Youtube video, according to court records.
“It is hereby ordered that the above Defendant shall be detained temporarily and that a psychiatric/psychological examination of Defendant be conducted to determine his mental competency to stand trial and to comprehend the nature and consequences of his actions,” says the order, dated March 29 and entered on the docket today.
The exam is to be held before Thursday, when a competency hearing is scheduled.
Leboon has a history of claiming that he is a deity, including an incident last summer when, according to a police report, he threatened to dispatch the angel Gabriel to kill his roommate.
Late 4/1/10 Update: Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Reed tells TPM that it was the government, not the defense, that requested the psychiatric exam for Leboon.
