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NEW YORK 鈥� Today, in , the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York issued an order preliminarily enjoining the Jefferson County Jail from stripping plaintiff P.G. of life-sustaining medical care for opioid use disorder (OUD). The decision, the first of its kind in the Second Circuit, found P.G. likely to succeed on claims that the jail鈥檚 blanket ban on methadone treatment is discriminatory and unconstitutional. The ban鈥檚 risk of irreparably harming P.G., the judge said, is 鈥渃lear.鈥�

P.G., a 35-year-old New York resident with severe OUD, a preliminary injunction in April after Jefferson County officials refused to confirm they would allow his life-sustaining methadone treatment to continue in the event of his detention. Today鈥檚 preliminary injunction decision follows P.G.'s seeking emergency relief late on Friday after Jefferson County arrested him without committing to prevent a life-threatening lapse in his methadone treatment.

鈥淧.G., like all people in carceral settings, has a right to adequate medical care,鈥� said NYCLU senior staff attorney Antony Gemmell. 鈥淲e are gratified by today鈥檚 decision, which recognizes that banning life-sustaining treatment for OUD is cruel, discriminatory, and unlawful.鈥�

鈥淭he opioid epidemic is ravaging communities throughout the country, and the pandemic has made this crisis far worse,鈥� said Joey Longley, Equal Justice Works fellow at the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 National Prison Project. 鈥淲e are thrilled to see this important win. We hope courts around the country take notice and take action to end these bans once and for all.鈥�

This is the first case in the Second Circuit recognizing MOUD under the ADA, and the first case in the Second Circuit granting relief for the plaintiff in a case regarding opioid treatment.

You can find the order and more materials on the case here: