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ARMSTEAD v. COLER

No. 89-3456.

914 F.2d 1464 (1990)

Charity ARMSTEAD, Woodrow Wilson Harrison, William Sills, etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Gregory S. COLER, as Sec. of the Dept. of Health & Rehabilitative Services, State of Florida, A.H. Baldwin, as Asst. Sec. for Operations of the Dept. of Health & Rehabilitative, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 15, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marilyn G. Rose, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Susan C. Jamieson, Atlanta, Ga., Patricia A. Clare, James A. Heard, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

John W. Hedrick, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Eric J. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before JOHNSON and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, Senior Circuit Judge.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

This case arises from the district court's denial of plaintiffs' motion to amend final judgment.

I. BACKGROUND

The Northeast Florida State Hospital ("NEFSH") is a state owned and operated institution for the mentally ill. Plaintiffs, appellants in this present appeal, are mentally retarded persons who reside at NEFSH or who did so at the time this suit commenced. At the time plaintiffs originally filed this suit, NEFSH was...

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