ALEXANDER v. PATHFINDER, INC.

No. 98-3153.

189 F.3d 735 (1999)

Elsie ALEXANDER, Individually and as Guardian of Larry Alexander, An Incompetent Person, Appellant, v. PATHFINDER, INC.; Colleen Black, Executive Director of Pathfinder, Inc., Individually and in Her Official Capacity; Cindy Crook, Administrator of Pathfinder Home, Individually and in Her Official Capacity; Tom Dalton, Director of the Arkansas Department of Human Services, in His Official Capacity; Sheri Simon, Psychological Consultant to Pathfinder, Individually and in Her Official Capacity; Marilyn Martin, Licensed Social Worker Consultant for Pathfinder, Individually and in Her Official Capacity; and Colonel McLyle G. Zumwalt, Joan R. Zumwalt, Alton Johnston, Senator Max Howell, T.P. White, Robert Bamburg, Robert Ferguson, Jr., Senator Bill Gwatney, and Martha Lawhon, All Individually, d/b/a Pathfinder, Inc., and Pathfinder Schools, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed August 31, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theresa L. Caldwell, Little Rock, AR, for Appellant.

Lucinda McDaniel, Jonesboro, AR, for Appellee Simon. Gene Williams, Little Rock, AR, for Appellees Pathfinder Schools, Inc., Black, Crook, The Board Members of Pathfinder Schools and Marilyn Martin. Breck Hopkins, Little Rock, AR, for Appellee Dalton.

Before BEAM and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges, and PANNER, District Judge.


MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Elsie Alexander brought this action against Pathfinder Schools, Inc., doing business as Pathfinder, Inc., an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded (ICF/MR), its board of directors and several individuals employed by or providing services to the facility (Pathfinder defendants), and Tom Dalton as director of the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS). Ms. Alexander sought relief for damages that she and her...

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