Legal Opinion
United States v. Dennis Grigsby
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 11, 2013No. 11-3736PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStranch, J.
McKEAGUE, J. (pgs. 976-77), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
JANE B. STRANCH, Circuit Judge.
Dennis Grigsby, an Ohio pretrial detainee diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, appeals from the district court’s order entered under Sell v. United States, 539 U.S. 166, 123 S.Ct. 2174, 156 L.Ed.2d 197 (2003), allowing the government to medicate him involuntarily in an effort to restore his mental competency so that he can be prosecuted on bank robbery charges. Because special circumstances unique to this case persuade us to conclude that Grigsby’s liberty interest in avoiding…
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