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 Whether a physician alleged to have prescribed controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice may be convicted under Section …
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 When does chronic pain treatment prescribing to addicts become illegal?