No. 22-7785
Christopher Lewis Tucker v. United States
Tags: civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process forcible-medication involuntary-medication judicial-discretion mental-competency mental-health pretrial-custody pretrial-detention sell-standard
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference:
2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a district court may order forcible medication under Sell v. United States when (1) record evidence shows that the government has already tried the forced medication and it did not work and (2) the defendant has already served half a decade in pretrial custody
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a district court may order forcible medication under Se// v. United States when (1) record evidence shows that the government has already tried the forced medication and it did not work and (2) the defendant has already served half a decade in pretrial custody. ii LIST OF ALL DIRECTLY
Docket Entries
2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-06-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-06-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-06-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 14, 2023)
Attorneys
Christopher Tucker
Eric Joseph Brignac — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent