Moreover, while some of these beliefs reflected a misunderstanding of the law (namely that the district court did not have jurisdiction over him and that it was a commercial court) they do not render Edward incompetent to stand trial.
At no point prior to its deployment of its altered technology did EchoStar ask the District Court, which had continuing jurisdiction over the case, to review the new design for patent infringement.
But seriously, BART comes under the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, a special governmental agency created by the State of California.
Apparently U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright in Little Rock was concerned that if McDougal is moved to Arkansas, the district attorney in McDougal's embezzlement case in Santa Monica may lose jurisdiction.