ROBINSON v. LEAHY

No. 73 C 1939.

401 F.Supp. 1027 (1975)

Jerry ROBINSON, by his court-appointed Attorneys and Advocates, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Mary Lee LEAHY, acting director, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, et al., Defendants. UNITED STATES ex rel. Jerry ROBINSON, Petitioner, v. Allyn SIELAFF, Director of Corrections, and Jay Robert Webber, Administrator of Field Services, Illinois Department of Corrections, Respondents.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

October 8, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Shullenberger, James M. De Zelar, Joan D. Levin and Roger B. Derstine, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

John Dienner, III, Asst. State's Atty., Richard Ryan, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

FLAUM, District Judge:

Plaintiff Jerry Robinson has brought a broad ranging class action civil rights complaint1 concerning the interaction of various institutions of the State of Illinois with juveniles. The treatment of plaintiff as a ward of the state, in need of psychiatric and counselling help, and as a juvenile being adjudicated as delinquent, has been alleged to have been carried out so as to offend...

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