forcible-medication
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-6395 | Robert Lewis Dear, Jr. v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2025-01-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split competency-restoration criminal-procedure due-process forcible-medication sell-standard | When ordering that a criminal defendant be forcibly medicated to restore competence under Sell v. United States, 539 U.S. 166 (2003), must a district … |
| 22-7785 | Christopher Lewis Tucker v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-06-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process forcible-medication involuntary-medication judicial-discretion mental-competency mental-health pretrial-custody pretrial-detention sell-standard | Whether a district court may order forcible medication under Sell v. United States when (1) record evidence shows that the government has already trie… |
| 21-6269 | Johnathan Dewayne Mitchell v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-11-15 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | civil-rights competency criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process forcible-medication judicial-authority medical-intervention medication mental-health | Whether this Court should resolve an issue of first impression and decide if district courts have the authority to order the forcible medication of co… |
| 21-293 | Vincent Alphonso Powell v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-08-30 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights competency competency-hearing constitutional-rights due-process forcible-medication mental-health panel-decision precedent standing waiver-of-rights | 1. Did Powell make a substantial showing that he was entitled to a competency hearing under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(c)(2)? 2. Did Powell make a substantial … |