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U.S. v. SAFEHOUSE

CIVIL ACTION No. 19-519.

468 F.Supp.3d 687 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. SAFEHOUSE, a Pennsylvania nonprofit Corporation; Jose Benitez, as President and Treasurer of Safehouse, Defendants. Safehouse, a Pennsylvania nonprofit Corporation, Counterclaim Plaintiff, v. United States of America, Counterclaim Defendant, and U.S. Department of Justice; William P. Barr, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the United States; and William M. McSwain, in his official capacity as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

Filed June 24, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan C. Hughes , Gregory B. David , Eric D. Gill , John T. Crutchlow , Erin E. Lindgren , United States Attorney Office, Philadelphia, PA, William M. McSwain , U.S. Attorney, Allentown, PA, for Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant.

Gregory B. David , Eric D. Gill , Erin E. Lindgren , United States Attorney Office, Philadelphia, PA, for Third-Party Defendants.

Adam Steene , DLA Piper LLP, New York, NY, Thiru Vignarajah , DLA Piper LLP, Baltimore, MD, Adrian M. Lowe , Jacob M. Eden , Ronda Goldfein , Yolanda French Lollis , Aids Law Project of Pennsylvania, Ilana H. Eisenstein , Ben C. Fabens-Lassen , Courtney G. Saleski , Rachel A.H. Horton , Megan Krebs , Seth Kreimer , DLA Piper US LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Peter Goldberger , Ardmore, PA, for Defendant/Counterclaim Plaintiff Safehouse.

Adrian M. Lowe , Jacob M. Eden , Ronda Goldfein , Yolanda French Lollis , Aids Law Project of Pennsylvania, Ben C. Fabens-Lassen , Courtney G. Saleski , Rachel A.H. Horton , Ilana H. Eisenstein , Megan Krebs , DLA Piper US LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant Jose Benitez.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

I. Introduction

This is a declaratory judgment action in which I previously concluded that 21 U.S.C. § 856(a) cannot be read to bar supervised injection sites whose ultimate purpose is to reduce fatalities caused by opioid addiction. In accordance with the request of the parties I proceeded...

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