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Believing that Jared Loughner would not be forcibly medicated without the permission of the court, Judge Larry Burns rejected the defense’s motion to be notified in advance of plans to administer psychotropic drugs to their client:

U.S. District Judge Larry Burns said he was confident that doctors at the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Mo. — where Loughner is being held while undergoing treatment — would adhere to federal law, which only allows them to administer drugs to Loughner if he voluntarily decides to take them.

If Loughner, who was deemed unfit to stand trial last week, refuses to take the anti-psychotic medication, then prosecutors may seek to gain a request by doctors for the court’s approval to forcibly administer the drugs.…

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