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EVANS v. FENTY

Civil Action No. 76-0293 (ESH).

701 F.Supp.2d 126 (2010)

Joy EVANS, et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. Adrian FENTY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

April 7, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cathy E. Costanzo, Northampton, MA, Stephen Forney Hanlon, Paul J. Kiernan, Holland & Knight, LLP, Laura A. Fernandez, Sanford Wittels & Heisler, LLP, Sandra J. Bernstein, University Legal Services, Inc., Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

John A. Henderson, William G. Maddox, Cathleen Siobhan Trainor, U.S. Department of Justice, Samuel Robert Bagenstos, U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Assistant Attorney General, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Intervenor.

Ellen A. Efros, Office of the Attorney General, Maria-Claudia T. Amato, Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, Martha J. Mullen, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Robert C. Utiger, DC Attorney General, Sarah Ann Sulkowski, Office of the Attorney General, DC, Grace Graham, Office of the Attorney General, John D. Dodge, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, Peter J. Nickles, DC Government, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLEN SEGAL HUVELLE, District Judge.

In 1976, residents of Forest Haven, then the District of Columbia's institution for persons with developmental disabilities, filed this class action alleging that they were receiving constitutionally-deficient care, treatment, education, and training. In 1978, the Court entered a consent decree pursuant to which defendants agreed that plaintiffs' constitutional rights had been violated and that they...

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