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.
Virginia ROGERS, 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
December 15, 1997.
December 15, 1997.
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, Michael S. Scheier, Birmingham, AL, James M. Lichtman, Ropes & Gray, Washington, DC, Kathryn H. Sumrall, Jackson, Garrison & Sumrall, P.C., Birmingham, AL, for plaintiffs.
David Ferleger, Philadelphia, PA, Drew P. Baker, Reuben Wright Cook, Victoria Ann Farr, Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Tuscaloosa, AL, for intervenor-plaintiff.
Joel Klein, Klein, Farr, Smith & Taranto, Washington, DC, Robert F. Northcutt, Robison & Belser, P.A., Mary Elizabeth Culberson, Office of Atty. Gen., Gregory Dale Crosslin, Robert E. Sasser, Clifton E. Slaten, Sasser & Littleton, P.C., G.R. (Rick) Trawick, Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation, Montgomery, AL, Paul Smith, Genner & Block, Washington, DC, for defendants.
Pamela Chen, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, DC, 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, for U.S.
United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.
This class-action lawsuit, commonly referred to as the "Wyatt litigation," was filed over 26 years ago by the plaintiffs (who represent all current and future mentally-retarded and mentally-ill residents in the Alabama Mental Health and Mental Retardation System) against the defendants (officials of the State of Alabama), claiming that conditions in the system's facilities violated residents' rights...
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