| 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 |