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STREICHER v. PRESCOTT

Civ. A. Nos. 83-3295, 84-1538.

663 F.Supp. 335 (1987)

Alma STREICHER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. William PRESCOTT, M.D., et al., Defendants. James Angus McDONALD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. William PRESCOTT, M.D., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

May 19, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arlene S. Kanter, Mental Health Law Project, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

John Facciola, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of Legal Advisor, Pastell Vance, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BARRINGTON D. PARKER, Senior District Judge:

These consolidated proceedings present serious questions involving patients confined since before 1973 to St. Elizabeths Hospital, a public mental health facility, located in the District of Columbia.1 These patients were all involuntarily committed in civil proceedings more than 14 years ago under a standard of proof...

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