
The following document is the U.S. Government’s appellee brief in Luke Wenke’s 2025 appeal case (#25-1165). In it, the government asks the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold the district court’s April 2025 decision ordering Luke Wenke to undergo involuntary inpatient mental health treatment.…

In this appellant’s brief, Luke Wenke challenges the district court’s decision to involuntarily commit him to a mental health facility. Authored by Wenke’s public defender at the time, the document argues that there was insufficient evidence to justify hospitalizing Wenke, even if he suffered from…

After being ordered to undergo involuntary mental health treatment at a “suitable facility” in April 2025, Luke Wenke immediately appealed the court’s decision. His public defender filed a Motion to Stay on his behalf, requesting that the court allow Wenke to remain in county jail…

Almost immediately after Luke Wenke was ordered to undergo involuntary inpatient treatment at a mental health facility in April of last year, his public defender appealed the decision on Wenke’s behalf. The defense attorney, Timothy P. Murphy, also filed the following “Motion to Stay” urging…

On December 17th, 2025, Luke Wenke was arrested by federal agents in Salamanca, New York on a cyberstalking charge. Thirty-three-year-old Wenke, already a federally convicted cyberstalker, now stands accused of targeting a court official who was involved in the oversight of his first cyberstalking case.…

In May of 2023 — just six weeks after his release from federal prison — Luke Wenke was arrested on a federal violation of supervised release (VOSR) charge for allegedly indirectly contacting his cyberstalking victim. More specifically, federal prosecutors accused Wenke of sending a vitriolic…

In several of his letters to the court throughout 2023, Luke Wenke mentioned the prospect of me, his cyberstalking victim, and Brett — the father of his romantic obsession, Ryan — testifying against him at an upcoming probation violation hearing. This confused me, because the…