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BENHAM v. LEDBETTER

Civ. A No. C80-78R.

609 F.Supp. 125 (1985)

Joe BENHAM, et al., Plaintiff, v. James LEDBETTER, et al., Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Rome Division.

April 22, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phyllis J. Holmen, Douglasville, Ga., Howard Sokol, Macon, Ga., Kay Giese, Athens, Ga., for plaintiff.

Carol Atha Cosgrove, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant.

ORDER

HAROLD L. MURPHY, District Judge.

In this class action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West 1981), plaintiffs challenge Georgia's procedures governing the involuntary commitment and the release from state mental hospitals of persons who have been acquitted of criminal charges by reason of insanity (insanity acquittees). In November of 1980, this Court found Georgia's commitment and release procedures unconstitutional and granted plain...

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