FREDERICK L. v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE

CIVIL ACTION NO. 00-4510.

217 F.Supp.2d 581 (2002)

FREDERICK L., et al., Plaintiffs, v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

September 5, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Murphy, Pittsburgh, PA, Robert W. Meek, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiffs.

Claudia M. Tesoro, Office of Attorney General, Philadelphia, PA, Howard Ulan, Harrisburg, PA, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SCHILLER, District Judge.

Four adult individuals institutionalized at Norristown State Hospital ("NSH") commenced this action against the Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ("DPW"), and Feather O. Houstoun, the Commonwealth's Secretary of Public Welfare. Plaintiffs allege that their continued hospitalization at NSH is unnecessary and Defendants' failure to provide them with appropriate services in...

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