Forensic psychiatry & mental health law

Psychiatry & Law Radar

Fri 11 SepCASE

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TRACEY EDWARDS V. BENITA WITHERSPOON

— STAFF
The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants on all claims. For the reasons below, we affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand for further proceedings.

4th Cir. · affirmed in part

Whether shackling a prisoner in labor and denying her opioid use disorder medication postpartum states Eighth Amendment and ADA claims.

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10972090/tracey-edwards-v-benita-witherspoon/