U.S. District Court: PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS INVOLUNTARY MEDICATION.

Closs v. Weber 87 F.Supp.2d 921 (D.S.D. 1999). A prisoner challenged the revocation of his parole with a habeas corpus petition. The district court granted the petition, finding that the prisoners due process rights were violated when his parole was revoked for exercising his right to refuse psychotropic medication that had been ordered administered by the parole agent. The court found the state's procedure for forced administration of psychotropic medication to parolees was constitutionally inadequate because of its heavy...