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United States v. Shangreaux
Keywords compassionate release; First Step Act; COVID-19; stimulant use disorder; extraordinary and compelling; denied motion; release(2021)
P.G. v. Jefferson County
Keywords methadone; jail; ADA; withdrawal; overdose risk; prescribed medication(2021)
Jones v. Armbrister
Keywords ADA; opioid treatment; disability discrimination; deliberate indifference; equal protection; federal case; state law; dismissed claims; court decision; medication denial(2020)
Meirs v. Ottawa County
Keywords Sixth Circuit; summary judgment; detainee suicide; deliberate indifference; Monell liability; Batson challenge; jail; medical provider; trial rulings; affirmed(2020)
Quintana v. Santa Fe County Board of Commissioners
Keywords federal case; deliberate indifference; heroin withdrawal; Monell liability; detainee; intake failures; jail; officer; plaintiffs; plausibly alleged(2020)
Chamberlain v. Virginia Department of Corrections
Keywords Methadone; buprenorphine; opioid use disorder; MAT (Medication-Assisted Treatment); incarcerated; preliminary injunction; irreparable harm; medical necessity; federal case; court ruling(2020)
State v. Stack
Keywords alcohol use disorder; blackout; negating intent; fatal assault; voluntary intoxication; insanity; murder(2020)
Godsey v. Sawyer
Keywords Bureau of Prisons; settlement; buprenorphine; substance use disorder(2020)
Crews v. Sawyer
Keywords Bureau of Prisons; MAT; buprenorphine; First Step Act; settlement; substance use disorder(2020)
In the Matter of Z.O.G.-I.
Keywords cannabis use; parental rights; child custody; co-parenting(2020)
People v. Nichols
Keywords bail remission; mental illness; substance use(2020)
People v. Avila
Keywords sentencing enhancements; substance use; drug use; culpability; gang-related shooting; diminished culpability; sentencing(2020)
People v. Whalum
Keywords cannabis possession; felony; Proposition 64(2020)
Organic Cannabis v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue
Keywords medical cannabis dispensaries; IRS mailer; timely filing; dismissal(2020)
Smith v. Aroostook County
Keywords ADA violation; preliminary injunction; buprenorphine; forced withdrawal; medication; risk of harm; detention(2019)