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GEORGIA ADVOCACY OFFICE, INC. v. CAMP

No. 98-8722.

172 F.3d 1294 (1999)

GEORGIA ADVOCACY OFFICE, INC., a Georgia nonprofit corporation and D.M., a child, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Larue T. CAMP, as County Director of Jasper County Department of Family and Children Services; Jasper County Department of Family and Children Services, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 20, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cristina C. Higgins, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Thurbert E. Baker, Shalen A. Sgrosso, William C. Joy, Atlanta, GA, Hubert C. Lovein, Cater C. Thompson, Macon, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HULL and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

HULL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Georgia Advocacy Office, Inc. ("GAO") seeks to protect and advocate the rights of individuals "with mental illness" pursuant to the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act ("PAIMI Act"). 42 U.S.C. §§ 10801-10807. As a provider of legal and advocacy services, GAO claims to represent D.M., a minor whom GAO alleges is an "individual with mental illness" for purposes of the PAIMI Act. GAO filed suit on behalf...

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