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GOETZ v. CROSSON

No. 88 Civ. 9134 (GLG).

769 F.Supp. 132 (1991)

Lyle R. GOETZ, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, Mark Cans and Anna Selletti, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Intervenors, v. The Honorable Matthew CROSSON, in his official capacity of chief administrator of the courts of New York, and Dr. Richard C. Surles, in his official capacity of Commissioner of the New York State Office of Mental Health, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

July 30, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mental Disability Law Clinic, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, Huntington, N.Y. (William M. Brooks, of counsel), for plaintiff, Intervenors, and Class Members.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of State of N.Y., New York City (Yolanda M. Pizzaro, Thomas P. Dorsey, of counsel), for defendants.

OPINION

GOETTEL, District Judge:

This case challenges the procedures employed by the State of New York for involuntarily committing psychiatric patients in Dutchess County. We will presume familiarity with our earlier decision granting motions for intervention and class certification, and dismissing plaintiffs' claim relating to the fifth amendment's privilege against self-incrimination. See Goetz v. Crosson, 728 F.Supp. 995

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