The Pain Relief Network http://painreliefnetwork.org Wed, 04 May 2011 23:18:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 High court refuses to hear case involving prosecutor’s investigation of pain-relief advocate http://painreliefnetwork.org/high-court-refuses-to-hear-case-involving-prosecutor%e2%80%99s-investigation-of-pain-relief-advocate.php/ http://painreliefnetwork.org/high-court-refuses-to-hear-case-involving-prosecutor%e2%80%99s-investigation-of-pain-relief-advocate.php/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 23:18:05 +0000 Tami http://painreliefnetwork.org/?p=2483 Standard governing subpoenas for speech activities remains unknown


By Kristen Rasmussen


AP Photo

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Denver (10th Cir.) upheld a subpoena for records belonging to

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Dec. 21, 2010


By Radley Balko


Grand juries are supposed to act as a buffer between prosecutors and those they accuse of committing a crime. They’re intended to protect us…

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Nov 17, 2010


Jacob Sullum


By publicly defending Stephen and Linda Schneider, a Kansas doctor and nurse accused of running a “pill mill,” pain treatment activist Siobhan Reynolds irked the prosecutor…

]]> http://painreliefnetwork.org/chilling-her-softly.php/feed/ 1 If We Unsealed the Brief, You Might Talk About It http://painreliefnetwork.org/if-we-unsealed-the-brief-you-might-talk-about-it.php/ http://painreliefnetwork.org/if-we-unsealed-the-brief-you-might-talk-about-it.php/#comments Sat, 13 Nov 2010 02:26:03 +0000 Tami http://painreliefnetwork.org/?p=2441 Nov 8, 2010
By: Jacob Sullum
Cato


Last week New York Times legal writer Adam Liptak noted the bizarre pseudo-secrecy enshrouding the First Amendment case brought by pain treatment activist Siobhan Reynolds. As I explained two…

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By: David Rittgers
Cato


Building on Ilya Shapiro’s post on the sealed grand jury proceedings against Siobhan Reynolds, founder of the Pain Relief Network, and the sealed Reason Foundation/Institute for Justice amicus brief, here…

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Nov 1, 2010
The New York Times


Last week, I asked a lawyer from a libertarian group for a copy of a brief it had filed in a First Amendment case. Sounding frustrated and incredulous,…

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By: Jacob Sullum
Reason.com


Last week Kansas physician Stephen Schneider and his wife, Linda, who worked as a nurse in his practice, were sentenced to 30 and 33 years, respectively, for painkiller prescriptions the…

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WICHITA, Kan.
The Associated Press



An advocate for chronic pain patients who is under investigation for obstruction of justice has challenged grand jury subpoenas in a rare case that climbed secretly through the judicial system…

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By ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press


A Kansas doctor who ran a clinic linked to dozens of overdose deaths was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison while his wife got 33 years in a case the judge said…

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Associated Press


WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned down a request to make public a national patient advocate’s appeal in the case of a Kansas doctor linked to dozens of patient overdose deaths.


The court…

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