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TRUEBLOOD v. WASH. DEPT. OF SOCIAL & HEALTH SERVS.

No. 15-35462.

822 F.3d 1037 (2016)

Cassie Cordell TRUEBLOOD, next friend of Ara Badayos, an incapacitated person; A.B., by and through her next friend Cassie Cordell Trueblood; K.R., by and through his next friend Marilyn Roberts; D.D., by and through his next friend Andrea Crumpler; Disability Rights Washington, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES; Western State Hospital; Eastern State Hospital; Kevin W. Quigley, Secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services, in his official capacity; Ron Adler, CEO of Western State Hospital; Dorothy Sawyer, Chief Executive Officer of Eastern State Hospital in her Official Capacity, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 6, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Noah G. Purcell (argued), Robert W. Ferguson , Anne E. Egeler , Amber L. Leaders , and Nicholas Williamson , Washington State Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Anita Khandelwal (argued), Public Defender Association, Seattle, WA; La Rond Baker and Margaret Chen , ACLU of Washington Foundation, Seattle, WA; David R. Carlson and Emily Cooper , Disability Rights Washington, Seattle, WA; Christopher Carney , Sean Gillespie , and Kenan Isitt , Carney Gillespie Isitt PLLP, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Harry Williams IV , Law Office of Harry Williams, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae Disability Rights Network.

Before: MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS and M. MARGARET McKEOWN, Circuit Judges and SHARON L. GLEASON, District Judge.

OPINION

Washington State, through its Department of Social and Health Services ("DSHS"),1 has faced considerable challenges — both legal and practical — in administering timely competency evaluation and restoration services to pretrial detainees...

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