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GRAY v. ROMEO

Civ. A. No. 87-0573B.

709 F.Supp. 325 (1989)

Marcia GRAY By her guardian and husband, H. Glenn Gray v. Thomas D. ROMEO, in his capacity as Director of the Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals, and the State of Rhode Island.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

March 8, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda S. MacDonald, East Greenwich, R.I., William P. Robinson III, Edwards & Angell, Providence, R.I., for plaintiff.

John L.P. Breguet, Chief Legal Officer, Dept. of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals, Cranston, R.I., for defendants.

ORDER

FRANCIS J. BOYLE, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff initially sought a declaration under the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that the Defendants' refusal to withdraw a life-sustaining feeding tube violated her federal constitutional rights. Gray v. Romeo, 697 F.Supp. 580, 583 (D.R.I.1988). The Court concluded that Defendants' actions violated her right to control fundamental medical decisions affecting her own...

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