legitimate-medical-purpose

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-120 Suntree Pharmacy, et al. v. Drug Enforcement Administration Eleventh Circuit 2022-08-09 Denied Response Waived administrative-deference administrative-law controlled-substances dea dea-registration deference legitimate-medical-purpose medical-purpose prescription prescription-filling regulatory-interpretation Whether a pharmacy violates its corresponding responsibility under 21 C.F.R. § 1306.04(a) and knowingly fills a prescription for a controlled substanc…
22-5077 Cynthia Clemons v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-07-12 GVR IFP 21-usc-856 controlled-substances dea-authorization drug-enforcement-administration drug-involved-premises healthcare-provider legitimate-medical-purpose ruan-v-united-states scope-of-professional-practice subjective-standard Petitioner Clemons, an advanced nurse practitioner authorized by the Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe controlled substances under the supe…
21-5261 Shakeel Kahn v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-07-29 Judgment Issued Relisted (2)IFP controlled-substances-act disjunctive-conjunctive good-faith-defense legitimate-medical-purpose mens-rea usual-course-professional-practice 1. Where the government prosecutes a medical practitioner under the Controlled Substances Act for issuing a prescription outside "the usual course of …