sell-standard

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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…