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Date: 09-07-2022

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United States of America v. Matthew Steven Miller

Case Number: 4:21-cr-00462

Judge: Ronnie L. White

Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (St. Louis County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office

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Description: St. Louis, Missouri criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally prescribing an anti-anxiety drug.

Matthew Steven Miller, 43, wrote prescriptions for the drug Xanax for six people who were not his patients between 2016 and 2018. Miller had not examined them, knew they didn’t have a legitimate medical need for the drug and knew the drug would be sold or abused, Assistant U.S. Attorney Dorothy McMurtry wrote in a sentencing memorandum. Miller also did not document the prescriptions and didn’t determine if the Xanax was contraindicated due to existing medical conditions or possible adverse interactions with other medications.

Miller wrote the prescriptions despite not being licensed by Missouri’s Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs and lacked a Drug Enforcement Administration registration number necessary to do so.

Miller pleaded guilty in June to one count of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and one count of making a false statement concerning a health care matter.

The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General and the South Central Drug Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Dorothy McMurtry is prosecuting the case.

False Statements Concerning Health Care Matter
(12r)

Outcome: 09/07/2022 59 ELECTRONIC MINUTE ENTRY (no pdf attached) for proceedings held before District Judge Ronnie L. White: Sentencing as to Matthew Steven Miller held on 9/7/2022. Presentence report adopted/accepted by Court as findings of fact. Counts dismissed on the motion of the United States: counts one, two, three, four, five, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, and thirteen. Sentence imposed. See judgment. Certificate of Compliance with Local Rule 12.07(A) provided to defendant's attorney. (Probation/Pretrial Officer: Jennifer Siwiecki) (Court Reporter:Linda Nichols, Linda_Nichols@moed.uscourts.gov, 314-244-7983) (proceedings started: 10:01 am) (proceedings ended: 10:15 am)(Deputy Clerk: T. Tillman) (Defendant Location: CUSTODY)(Appearance for Government: Dorothy McMurtry)(Appearance for Defendant: Cira Duffe) (TMT) (Entered: 09/07/2022)
09/07/2022 60 JUDGMENT as to Matthew Steven Miller: Count(s) 11r, 13r, 1r-5r, 7r-10r are dismissed on motion of the United States. The defendant pleaded guilty to counts six and twelve of the indictment on June 7, 2022. The defendant is hereby committed to the custody of the United States Bureau of Prisons to be imprisoned for a total term of 12 months and 1 day. Upon release from imprisonment, the defendant shall be on supervised release for a term of one year. It is ordered that the Defendant shall pay to the United States a special assessment of $200.00 for Counts 6r and 12r, which shall be due immediately. Signed by District Judge Ronnie L. White on 9/7/2022. (TMT) (Entered: 09/07/2022)
09/07/2022 61 STATEMENT OF REASONS for Sentence as to defendant Matthew Steven Miller Signed by District Judge Ronnie L. White on 9/7/2022. (TMT) (Entered: 09/07/2022)
09/07/2022 62 NOTICE of Certification of Compliance with Local Rule 12.07 by Matthew Steven Miller. (TMT) (Entered: 09/07/2022)

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