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.
Richard E. HANAN, as Commissioner of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, and the State of Alabama Mental Health Officer, et al., Defendants,
United States of America, Amicus Curiae.
United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
October 27, 1994.
October 27, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Fern Singer, Watterson & Singer, Birmingham, AL, James A. Tucker, ACLU of Alabama, Montgomery, AL, Ira A. Burnim, Andrew Bridge, Shelley Jackson, Claudia Schlosberg, Ellen Harris, Mary Giliberti, Leonard S. Rubenstein, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, James M. Lichtman, Ropes & Gray, Washington, DC, Kathryn H. Sumrall, Jackson, Garrison & Sumrall, P.C., Birmingham, AL, for Ricky Wyatt, Glenda Brandner, David S. Schoel, Dr. D. A.R. Peyman, Joseph L. Moudry, Brenda N. Stacey, William Holden, Jr., Amelia B. Heath.
David Ferleger, Philadelphia, PA, Drew P. Baker, Reuben Wright Cook, Victoria Ann Farr, Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Tuscaloosa, AL, for Diane Martin, Mary Beth Parker, William Smith, Adelia Keebler, Michael Guins, Richard Mills, Kim Smelley, Frankie Hopkins, Kenneth Cook, Wayne Williams.
Mary Elizabeth Culberson, Office of the Atty. Gen., Gregory Dale Crosslin, Robert E. Sasser, James Darrington Hamlett, Clifton E. Slaten, Charles Brinsfield Campbell, Patrick C. Davidson, Sasser & Littleton, P.C., June O. Lynn, G.R. (Rick) Trawick, Milton J. Westry, Dept. of Mental Health & Mental Retardation, Montgomery, AL, Ricky J. McKinney, Watson, Harrison & deGraffenried, Tuscaloosa, AL, for Richard E. Hanan, Henry Steagall, Tom Brassell, Annie Laurie Gunter, Ken Wallis.
Kenneth E. Vines, U.S. Attorney's Office, Montgomery, AL, Deval L. Patrick, Robinsue Frohboese, Judith C. Preston, Tawana E. Davis, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Sp. Litigation Section, Washington, DC, amicus U.S.
United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.
ORDER
MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.
The plaintiffs and the defendants in this action entered into a consent decree in 1986 governing the operation of the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation System.1 In the 1986 decree, defendant state officials agreed to renew their efforts to comply with certain minimal constitutional standards for mental health and mental retardation facilities set forth by the...
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