medical-purpose
6 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-5965 | Samson Kanla Orusa v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2025-10-27 | Rehearing | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | circuit-split controlled-substance-prescription health-care-fraud jury-instruction medical-purpose subjective-knowledge | I. Whether the district court's erroneous instructions regarding what constitutes criminal liability under 21 U.S.C. section 841 (illegal distribution… |
| 25-5117 | George P. Naum, III v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-07-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | controlled-substances jury-instructions medical-purpose mens-rea plain-error subjective-intent | In Ruan v. United States, 597 U.S. ___ (2022), this Court answered the question on whether a physician alleged to have prescribed controlled substance… |
| 22-6000 | Norman Clement v. Drug Enforcement Administration | District of Columbia | 2022-11-07 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 21-cfr-1306.04(a) administrative-deference controlled-substances corresponding-responsibility dea-registration medical-purpose pharmacy-responsibility prescription-legitimacy | Whether a pharmacy violates its corresponding responsibility under 21 C.F.R. § 1306.04(a) by being required to operate beyond licensing requirement an… |
| 22-120 | Suntree Pharmacy, et al. v. Drug Enforcement Administration | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-08-09 | Denied | Response Waived | administrative-deference administrative-law controlled-substances dea dea-registration deference legitimate-medical-purpose medical-purpose prescription prescription-filling regulatory-interpretation | Whether a pharmacy violates its corresponding responsibility under 21 C.F.R. § 1306.04(a) and knowingly fills a prescription for a controlled substanc… |
| 21-1418 | Medardo Queg Santos v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-05-04 | GVR | Response RequestedRelisted (2) | controlled-substances expert-testimony good-faith good-faith-defense medical-practice medical-purpose relevant-conduct sentencing sentencing-guidelines | Whether a physician's good faith is a complete defense to a prosecution for prescribing controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose or … |
| 19-7797 | Lonnie W. Hubbard v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-02-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | burden-of-proof controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process medical-necessity medical-practice medical-purpose prescription-dispensing prescription-drugs professional-practice statutory-interpretation | Whether the Court of Appeals erred by holding a jury could rationally conclude that defendant pharmacist abdicated his duty under §§ 1306.04(a) & 841(… |