SAN DIEGO, July 29 (UPI) -- Lawyers for Jared Loughner, accused in a Jan. 8, 2011, Tucson shooting spree, have appealed a judge's order that allows him to be medicated without his consent.
In court papers, lawyer Judy Clarke argued Thursday that Loughner's constitutional rights are being violated by forced treatment, the Los Angeles Times reported. U.S. District Judge Larry A. Burns said last month doctors at the federal prison hospital in Springfield, Mo., could force Loughner to take psychotropic medication but was reversed on July 12 by an appeals panel.