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WYATT BY AND THROUGH RAWLINS v. KING

Civ. A. No. 3195-N.

811 F.Supp. 1533 (1993)

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

January 12, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira Burnim, Washington, DC, for proposed intervenor Bretz.

Joel Kline, Christopher Cerf, Washington, DC, R. Emmett Poundstone, III, Ricky Trawick, Alabama Dept. of Mental Health, Montgomery, AL, for Horsley and Dept. of Mental Health.

Andrew J. Barrick & Mitchell W. Dale, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Washington, DC, for U.S.

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

David Ferleger, Philadelphia, PA, for intervenors Martin, et al.

Reuben Cook, Edward Stevens, Victoria Farr, Donald Tipper, Ala. Disabilities Advocacy Pro, Tuscaloosa, AL, for intervenors Martin, et al.

Peter G. Thompson, Sandra Lord, Washington, DC, Pamela Chen, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Special Litigation Section, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae U.S.

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

R. David Christy, Montgomery, AL, for Horsley.

ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

The Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation System currently operates under a consent decree entered by this court on September 22, 1986. In the 1986 decree, the defendants — who consist of various state officials — agreed to reinforce their efforts to bring conditions at state mental health and mental retardation facilities into compliance with minimum standards established by the court...

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