Thomas James Papantony v. Bill Hedrick, Warden, United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners

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• holding that in the context of a Bivens action, there is no clearly established right of a pre-trial detainee not to be forcibly administered antipsychotic drugs for the sole purpose of rendering him competent for trial
• pro se petitioners should not be unreasonably subjected to stringent procedural niceties

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