Whether the Fifth Circuit failed to follow Ruan v. United States by holding that a registered medical practitioner or pharmacist can be convicted for knowing prescriptions were issued for an illegitimate purpose or knowing they were dispensed outside the usual course of professional practice

QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Whether Fifth Circuit’s gas failed to follow this Court’s decision in Ruan v. United States, 142 S. Ct. 2370 (2022) by holding that a registered medical practitioner or pharmacist charged under 21 U.S.C. §841 “can be convicted either for knowing prescriptions were issued for an illegitimate purpose or knowing they were dispensed outside the usual course of professional practice” and created a Circuit Split in so interpreting Ruan.