A La Jolla man who fled the state and missed hearing a jury’s guilty verdicts against him for assaulting a friend has returned to a San Diego jail, but criminal proceedings were suspended after his attorney said he was not mentally competent to appear for sentencing. A psychiatric evaluation for Amier Rocky Issa, 33, will be taken Dec. 23 in jail, and another judge will rule on Jan. 10 whether Issa is mentally competent to understand court proceedings. Meanwhile, Issa remains in the George Bailey Detention Facility without bail. Issa was arrested at the MGM Hotel in Las Vegas on Oct. 14 by agents with the Fugitive Task Force on a no-bail arrest warrant. Issa had been free on $20,000 bond, but he didn’t show up Oct. 6 to hear the jury’s guilty verdict for assault with a deadly weapon. Issa is convicted of assaulting Michael Serrato, 29, a waiter who received a 5-inch slash across his face on July 11, 2008. Serrato testified Issa had been stalking him where he worked in Hillcrest, and was attacked as he walked home from work. Serrato received 28 stitches to his face and inside his mouth. Issa could face seven years in prison, but no sentencing date can be set until his mental competency is determined. He could be committed to a mental hospital, but if he is found competent, he would face sentencing. Issa worked with computers at the University of California, San Diego.