opioid-crisis

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
21-276	Safehouse v. Department of Justice, et al.	Third Circuit	2021-08-25	Denied	Amici (4)Response Waived	commerce-clause controlled-substances-act federalism felony-statute medical-supervision opioid-crisis overdose-prevention public-health public-health-intervention	Does 21 U.S.C. § 856(a) make it a felony to offer medically supervised consumption services for the purpose of preventing opioid overdose deaths?
19-962	Travis Ray Norwood v. West Virginia	West Virginia	2020-01-31	Denied	Response Waived	constitutional-review criminal-justice criminal-punishment drug-policy due-process equal-protection opioid-crisis opioid-sentencing recidivist-statute sentencing	Whether, and under what circumstances, can defendants charged with crimes involving Schedule I opioids such as heroin be constitutionally treated diff…
19-5333	Charles York Walker, Jr. v. United States	Fourth Circuit	2019-07-25	GVR	IFP	abuse-of-discretion case-specific-factors criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-11 discretion district-court district-court-discretion felon-in-possession grand-jury incorrect-assumptions opioid-crisis plea-agreement plea-bargaining policy-disagreement rehaif-standard rule-11	Whether a district court abuses its discretion by determining whether to accept or reject a plea agreement under Rule 11 of the Rules of Criminal Proc…