medical-prescribing
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-1410 | Xiulu Ruan v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-04-07 | Judgment Issued | Amici (8)Relisted (5) | controlled-substances criminal-conviction criminal-liability good-faith-defense medical-ethics medical-prescribing prescription professional-practice statutory-interpretation | A physician otherwise authorized to prescribe controlled substances may be convicted of unlawful distribution under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) if his presc… |
| 20-7438 | Christopher Stegawski v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2021-03-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | addiction chronic-pain chronic-pain-treatment criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-enforcement due-process federal-prosecution medical-licensing medical-practice-standard medical-prescribing opioid-prescribing | # 1 - When pain of more than three months duration becomes chronic pain (Ohio definition) and dependence (ie. addiction) forms after three months of o… |