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COLEY v. CLINTON

No. LR-C-78-198.

479 F.Supp. 1036 (1979)

Floyd F. COLEY, Ralph Steed, Individually and on Behalf of All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. Bill CLINTON, Governor of the State of Arkansas; Gail S. Huecker, Commissioner of the Department of Social & Rehabilitative Services (Department of Human Services); Robert M. Rankin, Commissioner of Mental Health Services; Pat Hamilton, Administrator of the Arkansas State Hospital, for A. C. Yopp; Dr. James S. Beckman, Dr. Larry Killough, Virginia Robinson, Darrell Williams & Blanche Choate, Members of the State Hospital Board.

United States District Court, E. D. Arkansas, W. D.

November 9, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Griffin J. Stockley, Jr., Legal Aid Bureau, Little Rock, Ark., for plaintiffs.

Jackson M. Jones, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROY, District Judge.

The plaintiffs are patients of the Arkansas State Hospital who were committed to that institution and remain there pursuant to court order. Floyd F. Coley was committed after he was found not guilty of aggravated robbery on the ground he was insane. Ralph Steed was committed after he was found incompetent to stand trial on a charge of disorderly conduct.

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