WYATT v. POUNDSTONE

Civil Action No. 3195-N.

941 F.Supp. 1100 (1996)

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. R. Emmett POUNDSTONE, III, 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.

March 22, 1996.


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, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Washington, DC, James M. Lichtman, Ropes & Gray, Washington, DC, Kathryn H. Sumrall, Jackson, Garrison & Sumrall, P.C., Birmingham, AL, for Ricky Wyatt, by and through his Aunt and Legal Guardian; Mrs. W.C. Rawlins, Jr.

Fern Singer, Watterson & Singer, Birmingham, AL, James A. Tucker, ACLU of Alabama, Montgomery, AL, Ira A. Burnim, Andrew Bridge, Shelley Jackson, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Washington, DC, James M. Lichtman, Ropes & Gray, Washington, DC, for Glenda Brandner, by and through her husband and legal guardian Wolfgang Brandner, David S. Schoel, by and through his father and legal guardian, J. Fred Schoel, Jr., D.A.R. Peyman, Dr., for himself and all others similarly situated, Joseph L. Moudry, for himself and all others similarly situated, Brenda N. Stacey, for herself and for all others similarly situated, William Holden, Jr., for himself and all others similarly situated, Amelia B. Heath, for herself and all others similarly situated.

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 Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, Gregory Dale Crosslin, Robert E. Sasser, Clifton E. Slaten, Sasser & Littleton, P.C., Montgomery, AL, G.R. (Rick) Trawick, Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation, Montgomery, AL, Paul Smith, Genner & Block, Washington, DC, for Richard E. Hanan, as Commissioner of Mental Health and the State of Alabama Mental Health Officer, Henry Steagall, individually and in his capacity as Director of Finance for the State of Alabama, Tom Brassell, individually and in his capacity as Comptroller of the State of Alabama, Annie Laurie Gunter, individually and in her capacity as Treasurer of the State of Alabama, Ken Wallis, as Receiver of the mental illness and mental retardation operation.

Kenneth E. Vines, U.S. Attorney's Office, Montgomery, AL, Deval L. Patrick, Robinsue Frohboese, Judith C. Preston, Tawana E. Davis, United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division Special Litigation Section, Washington, DC, amicus.


ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

This litigation is again before the court, this time on the plaintiffs' motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction regarding the Eufaula Adolescent Center, pursuant to Rule 62(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.1 The court will grant the motion to the extent that it will enter an order (1) declaring that the preliminary injunction is now moot; (2) staying the injunction...

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