BARICHELLO v. McDONALD

No. 94-2810.

98 F.3d 948 (1996)

Daniel BARICHELLO, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jesse McDONALD, Director of the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities; Angelo Campagna, Director of Elgin Mental Health Center; and Ernest Marquez, Administrator of the Forensic Treatment Program of Elgin Mental Health Center, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Heyrman, Sharon Swingle, Law Student (argued), Adam Goodman, Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jan E. Hughes, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before RIPPLE and BAUER, Circuit Judges, and SKINNER, District Judge.


SKINNER, District Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Daniel Barichello represents a class of involuntarily committed mental patients at the Elgin Mental Health Center ("Elgin"). Barichello has filed a seven count complaint seeking injunctive and monetary relief, alleging that defendant officials of the Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities ("DMH") have violated his rights by barring certain patients from receiving grounds privileges. On summary...

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