Case Summary
This federal action involved a motion for preliminary injunction filed by an incarcerated individual diagnosed with opioid use disorder (OUD). The plaintiff sought court intervention to mandate access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT), specifically methadone or buprenorphine. The court's decision denied the requested relief, concluding the plaintiff had not sufficiently demonstrated irreparable harm or the requisite medical necessity to justify the extraordinary remedy of a preliminary injunction in this context.
Case Summary
This federal case involved a prisoner with opioid use disorder (OUD) who petitioned the court for a preliminary injunction to receive medication-assisted treatment (MAT) with methadone or buprenorphine. The court's denial of the injunction stemmed from the petitioner's failure to demonstrate irreparable harm or the medical necessity of MAT in this specific context.
Case Summary
A prisoner with opioid addiction tried to get a court order to receive methadone or buprenorphine, medications that help manage opioid use disorder. The judge refused, saying the prisoner hadn't proven that not getting the medication would cause serious and irreversible harm, or that the medication was absolutely necessary for his health.
Summary
A man in prison who needed help with opioid addiction asked a judge to let him get medicine to treat it. The judge denied this request because the man did not prove that he would be seriously hurt without the medicine, or that the medicine was absolutely necessary.