United States Second Circuit

The district court's order granting the government's motion to authorize the Bureau of Prisons to medicate a mentally ill defendant without his consent, on the principal ground that he is a danger to others and that medication is medically appropriate, is affirmed, where there is no error of law or fact in the district court's decision, and its order for the involuntary medication of defendant under the Harper standard is well within the range of permissible decisions.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/02/2013
• Published 08/02/2013

Judges

• KEARSE

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel