ALA. DISABIL. ADVOC. PROG. v. TARWATER DEV. CNTR.

Civ. A. No. 95-T-383-N.

894 F.Supp. 424 (1995)

ALABAMA DISABILITIES ADVOCACY PROGRAM, etc., Plaintiff, v. J.S. TARWATER DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER, etc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.

July 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Addison, Addison, Vickers, Howell & Talkington, L.L.C., Montgomery, AL and Victoria Ann Farr, Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Tuscaloosa, AL, for plaintiff.

June O. Lynn and G.R. (Rick) Trawick, Dept. of Mental Health & Mental Retardation, Montgomery, AL, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

In this lawsuit, plaintiff Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program claims that state mental health officials have refused to release to it the records of two deceased former residents of one of the state's mental health facilities in violation of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 6000-6083 (West Supp.1995). For the reasons stated below, the court...

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