Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Ruiz-Gaxiola, No. 08-10378 (9th Cir.) (623 F.3d 684) (September 24, 2010) (Judge Stephen Reinhardt) by On at least three occasions in the past, the Supreme Court has made it clear that the Government is allowed to medicate a defendant involuntarily for the purpose of rendering him competent to …

U.S. v. White, No. 09-7933 (4th Cir.) (620 F.3d 401) (September 22, 2010) (Judge Andre M. Davis) by Here a divided panel vacated an order to forcibly medicate a mentally ill inmate to make her competent to stand trial, saying the order “comes perilously close to a forcible medication regime …