Ricky WYATT, By and Through his aunt and legal guardian Mrs. W.C. RAWLINS, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
Kathy E. SAWYER, 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
July 13, 2000.
July 13, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Ira A. Burnim, Leonard S. Rubenstein, Linda V. Priebe, Washington, DC, James M. Lichtman, Ropes & Gray, Washington, DC, Fem Singer, Sirote & Permutt, Birmingham, AL, James A. Tucker, Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Tuscaloosa, AL, Kathryn H. Sumrall, Jackson, Garrison & Sumrall, Birmingham, AL, Allen Smith, Jr., Warm Springs, MT, Iris Eytan, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiffs.
Algert S. Agricola, Jr., Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, L.L.C., Montgomery, AL, Ricky J. McKinney, Burr & Forman, Birmingham, AL, Mary Elizabeth Culberson, Courtney Wayne Tarver, Office of the Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, Edward A. Hosp, Governor's Office Montgomery, AL Charles B. Campbell, Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, L.L.C., Birmingham, AL, James Darrington Hamlett, Devereanx & Associates, Montgomery, AL, June E. Lynn, G.R. (Rick) Trawick, Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation, Bureau of Legal Services, Montgomery, AL, Gregory D. Crosslin, Clifton E. Slaten, Mindi C. Robinson, Crosslin, Slaten & O'Connor, P.C., Montgomery, AL, for Defendants.
Kenneth E. Vines, U.S. Attorney's Office, Montgomery, AL, Bill Lann Lee, Robinsue Frohboese, Judith C. Preston, Tawana E. Davis, Robert C. Bowman, United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Special Litigation Section, Washington, DC, for United States of America, amicus.
United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
In October 1999, as this case challenging conditions in the Alabama Mental Health and Mental Retardation System approached its 30th birthday, this court wrote with some optimism:
"[I]t is apparent that this litigation is steadily progressing toward its final resolution. Contributing to these efforts, newly appointed Commissioner of Mental Health...
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