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WYATT BY AND THROUGH RAWLINS v. KING

Civ. A. No. 3195-N.

793 F.Supp. 1058 (1992)

Ricky WYATT, By and Through His Aunt and Legal Guardian, Mrs. W.C. RAWLINS, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, Diane Martin, et al., Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. Royce G. KING, as Commissioner of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, and the State of Alabama Mental Health Officer, et al., Defendants, United States of America, et al., Amici Curiae.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, N.D.

May 14, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira Burnim, Washington, D.C., for proposed intervenor Bretz.

R. Emmett Poundstone, III, and Ricky Trawick, Alabama Dept. of Mental Health, Montgomery, Ala., Joel Kline, and Christopher Cerf, Washington, D.C., for King and Dept. of Mental Health.

R. David Christy, Montgomery, Ala., for King.

Andrew J. Barrick and Mitchell W. Dale, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Washington, D.C., for the U.S.

Byrd R. Latham, Patton, Latham, Legge & Cole, Athens, Ala., for Gunter, Steagall and Brassell.

David Ferleger, Philadelphia, Pa., Reuben Cook, Edward Stevens, Victoria Farr, and Donald Tipper, Tuscaloosa, Ala., for intervenors Martin, et al.

Peter G. Thompson, Sandra Lord, Washington, D.C., for Ricky Wyatt, et al.

Pamela Chen, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Sp. Litigation Section, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae U.S.

Algert Agricola, Mark Montiel, and David Byrne, Montgomery, Ala., for State defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

In 1972, as a result of a class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of patients involuntarily committed to the custody and care of the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, this court ordered departmental officials to comply with certain minimal constitutional standards in the provision of care to the mentally ill. See Wyatt v. Stickney, 344 F.Supp. 373...

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