A Saipan physician who is being accused of excessively prescribing opioids and controlled substances is demanding a jury trial on all issues that are legally triable before a jury, and for the complaint to be dismissed with prejudice.<\/p>\n
Dr. John Doyle, through his lawyer, Steven P. Pixley, insists on his innocence, saying all his prescriptions were issued per a bona fide physician-patient relationship.<\/p>\n
Pixley said that Doyle is seeking for the complaint to be dismissed with prejudice, that a judgment be made in favor of Doyle, and for him to be awarded further relief as the court deems just and proper.<\/p>\n
In his filing with the U.S. District Court of the NMI last March 30, Doyle said he was interviewed by agents of the Drug Enforcement Agency twice: on Jan. 7, 2020, and Jan. 9, 2020. He said he was not provided a transcript of the interview but merely a summary that does not accurately reflect his statements during his interview.<\/p>\n
Doyle claims that he was wrongfully cited by the DEA and denies violating the Controlled Substance Act or other regulations, Pixley said. \u201cPrescriptions are lawful if they are \u2018issued for a legitimate medical purpose by an individual practitioner acting in the usual scope of his professional practice,\u2019\u201d said Pixley.<\/p>\n
He said Doyle acknowledges that he has an obligation to ensure that all prescriptions for controlled substances be issued for a legitimate medical purpose and that he fully complied with this obligation.<\/p>\n
In response to the allegations of excessively prescribing opioids and controlled substances, Pixley said Doyle distributed the prescriptions with good faith belief that the prescriptions and his treatment plan served a legitimate medical purpose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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