JOHNSON BY JOHNSON v. BRELJE

Nos. 81-2798, 81-2799, 81-3014.

701 F.2d 1201 (1983)

William JOHNSON, by his conservator, Richard JOHNSON, on his own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. Terry B. BRELJE and Robert Devito, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maureen D. Mudron, Dept. of Mental Health/DD Div. of Legal Services, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Robert C. Gislason, Keck, Mahin & Cate, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before WOOD and ESCHBACH, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.


ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.

This case presents constitutional issues concerning the commitment of Illinois criminal defendants who are found unfit to stand trial ("USTs") and are assigned to the Chester Mental Health Center ("Chester"). The district court held that Illinois's practice of assigning all male USTs to Chester violates procedural rights guaranteed by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The district court also determined that USTs at Chester...

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