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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Stadtmueller grants a patient’s motion to compel discovery. The patient has opioid disorder and insomnia, and was under care when he was arrested for driving while intoxicated. While detained in the county jail, he received none of his medications, as according to jail medical staff, methadone is not prescribed for inmates under any circumstances, and he was not permitted to leave the jail to receive treatment at a methadone clinic. The patient claims denial of treatment resulted in him experiencing extreme withdrawal. The patient requested discovery that the county objected to on grounds that it violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and that the requests were overly vague. But the instant court finds the discovery request relevant to the patient’s case and does not immediately see issues with HIPAA.