A defense attorney withdrew this week from representing a defendant in Island County Superior Court after obtaining a no-contact order against the man.

In court Monday, Judge Alan Hancock approved the attorney’s motion to withdraw. He also ordered the defendant, Ryan A. Smith, 34, of Langley, to receive a mental health evaluation from a designated crisis responder before leaving the courthouse.

Smith is facing a felony charge for allegedly stealing a boat in May 2017. The police report states that he got onto the vessel, pried open the cabin door and untied it from the mooring. The boat drifted away and got stuck under the Clinton ferry dock.

The attorney petitioned for an order of protection from stalking Oct. 19 on the advice of a psychologist.

“Given my experience, the pervasive nature of his delusions, his paranoid ideation, his obsessive focus on you, and his lack of apparent treatment,” the psychologist wrote, “I do strongly encourage you to take any steps necessary to ensure your safety, including contacting law enforcement.”

In her petition to the court, the attorney wrote that Smith would leave voice mails for her until her voice mail was full. The content of the voice mails ranged from just saying hello to sexually explicit comments about her to claims that he was with the FBI, the petition states.

The attorney also wrote that her conversations with Smith were bizarre. He claimed they were married, for example, and asked for her ring back.

A judge ordered Smith in August to undergo an out-of-custody evaluation of his competency to stand trial. In a report filed in court Oct. 22, the psychologist wrote that Smith suffers from a major mental illness, with acute symptoms of delusions, paranoid ideation and perseveration, and was not competent to stand trial.

The psychologist wrote that Smith could potentially be dangerous. She strongly recommended that Smith be evaluated by a designated crisis responder for possible civil commitment.