What are the substantive and procedural safeguards that must be adhered to when the state seeks to involuntarily medicate state prisoners with long-term psychotropic medications?
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The following excerpt is from Hunter v. Rouse, No. 2:20-cv-0159 DB P (E.D. Cal. 2020):
2. Keyhea v. Rushen, 178 Cal.App.3d 526, 223 (1986), sets forth the substantive and procedural safeguards which must be adhered to when the state seeks to involuntarily medicate state prisoners with long-term psychotropic medications.
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