opioid-crisis

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-276 Safehouse v. Department of Justice, et al. Third Circuit 2021-08-25 Denied Amici (4)Response Waived commerce-clause controlled-substances-act federalism felony-statute medical-supervision opioid-crisis overdose-prevention public-health public-health-intervention Does 21 U.S.C. § 856(a) make it a felony to offer medically supervised consumption services for the purpose of preventing opioid overdose deaths?
19-962 Travis Ray Norwood v. West Virginia West Virginia 2020-01-31 Denied Response Waived constitutional-review criminal-justice criminal-punishment drug-policy due-process equal-protection opioid-crisis opioid-sentencing recidivist-statute sentencing Whether defendants charged with crimes involving Schedule I opioids can be constitutionally treated differently for punitive purposes from defendants …
19-5333 Charles York Walker, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-25 GVR IFP abuse-of-discretion case-specific-factors criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-11 discretion district-court district-court-discretion felon-in-possession grand-jury incorrect-assumptions opioid-crisis plea-agreement plea-bargaining policy-disagreement rehaif-standard rule-11 Whether a district court abuses its discretion in rejecting plea agreements based on policy disagreements