United States Ninth Circuit

An order to involuntarily medicate defendant is reversed where the district court's denial of a continuance deprived defendant of the opportunity to present a challenge to the adverse medical evidence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/10/2005
• Decided 10/19/2005
• Published 10/19/2005

Judges

• REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:, Before: REINHARDT, CLIFTON, Circuit Judges, and WEINER, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Zandra L. Lopez, Federal Defenders of San Diego, San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Carol C. Lam, United States Attorney;  Roger W. Haines, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney;  Garrett M. Heenan, Assistant U.S. Attorney, United States Attorney's Office, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.