Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Secretary of Florida Department of Corrections

District Court, S.D. Florida

Decided October 4, 2023No. 1:23-cv-23021Unknown

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 23-cv-23021-ALTMAN OTHA KENYUA JOHNSON and MATTHEW LEWIS, Plaintiffs, v. RICKY D. DIXON, SECRETARY OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Defendants. ____________________________________/ ORDER The Plaintiffs, Otha Kenyua Johnson and Matthew Lewis, are pretrial detainees who suffer from “opioid-use disorder” (“OUD”). Johnson Complaint [ECF No. 1] at 2; Lewis Complaint [ECF No. 6] at 2.1 The Plaintiffs are receiving “medicated-assisted treatment” (“MAT”) for their OUD at the Palm Beach County Jail and have been…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Ashcroft v. IqbalSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. TwomblySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections v. YeskeySupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  5. Goebert v. Lee CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2007

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