What is the state of the law on involuntary medication?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Fagan v. Grounds, No. 1:12-cv-01681-SKO HC (E.D. Cal. 2015):
resources; and (3) the existence or absence of reasonable alternatives other than involuntary medication. Id. at 224-25. Prison officials need not consider and reject "every conceivable alternative method of accommodating the claimant's constitutional complaint." Id. at 226 (quoting Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78, 90-91 (1987).
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