Opinion
Cr. No. 6:06-269-HMH
08-31-2017
United States of America v. Tito L. Knox, Defendant.
OPINION & ORDER
This matter was heard as a result of a petition filed by the United States Probation Office ("USPO") alleging that the Defendant had failed to take his monthly medication.
The court was advised that the USPO was in possession of the medication which required an injection by the Defendant's prescribing physician. In court, the Defendant consented to having the injection administered by his physician, and the Defendant further advised that he would comply with the requirement that he receive his monthly injections. The court, therefore, continued the matter and ordered that the U.S. Marshal transport the Defendant to the physician for the injection and afterward release him to his home. The court had required the assistance of the U.S. Marshal for the injection because of safety concerns.
Subsequently, the U.S. Marshal informed the court that it could not transport the Defendant for his injection unless the medication was approved by a medical officer in the U.S. Marshal's Office in Washington, D.C.
The USPO informed the court that they would transport the Defendant to the physician because the U.S. Marshal would not do so.
It is therefore
ORDERED that the U.S. Marshal relinquish custody of the Defendant to the USPO.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Henry M. Herlong, Jr.
Senior United States District Judge August 31, 2017
Greenville, South Carolina