MICHIGAN ASS'N FOR RETARDED CITIZENS v. SMITH

Civ. A. No. 78-70384.

475 F.Supp. 990 (1979)

MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS, a non-profit Michigan Corporation, Plymouth Association for Retarded Citizens, a non-profit Michigan Corporation, David Bentley, by his next friend Sue Hickman, Andrew Foster, by his next friend Joseph G. Johnson, Laurie E. Healey, by her next friend Laura Healey, John Jay Hovey, by his next friend Lenore E. Hovey, Buddy Rae Nelson, by his next friend Jimmie N. Nelson, Carl Joseph Panicali, by his next friend Eileen Panicali, Mary Sabo, by her next friend Francis Sabo, Wendy Sampson, by her next friend Robert J. Sampson, Carolyn Szczesiul, by her next friend Mary Finn, Christine Wojtowycz, by her next friend Emilian Wojtowycz, on their behalf and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Donald C. SMITH, M. D., Individually and in his former official capacity as Director, Michigan Department of Mental Health, Vernon A. Stehman, M. D., Individually and in his official capacity as Acting Director, Michigan Department of Mental Health, Don K. Worden, Ph. D., Individually and in his official capacity as Regional Director, Michigan Department of Mental Health, William C. Womack, Individually and in his former official capacity as Director, Plymouth Center for Human Development, Evelyn Provitt, R.N., M.S., Individually and in her former official capacity as Acting Director, Plymouth Center for Human Development, David Rosen, Individually and in his former official capacity as Acting Director, Plymouth Center for Human Development, Eranell McIntosh-Wilson, Individually and in her official capacity as Director, Plymouth Center for Human Development, their agent, employees and successors, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Michigan, Southern Division.

August 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Campbell, Michael J. Kiley, Brian J. O'Malley, David Verseput, Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service for Developmentally Disabled Citizens, Lansing, Mich., for plaintiffs.

Thomas R. Wheeker, Lansing, Mich., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION, ORDER AND DECREE

JOINER, District Judge.

On February 21, 1978, the Michigan Association for Retarded Citizens, the Plymouth Association for Retarded Citizens, and twelve individuals brought this suit against various officials in the Michigan Department of Mental Health in an attempt to improve the plight of the mentally retarded persons who were residents of the Plymouth Center for Human Development.

The suit followed a number...

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