
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.…

Luke Wenke sent the following letter to the Honorable John L. Sinatra, Jr. in May of 2024 while detained at the Orleans County Jail in Albion, New York. USA v. Luke Wenke – Letter May 6th, 2024 (6+ months before this website existed) Case #1:22-cr-00035,…

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…

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…