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J. L. v. PARHAM

Civ. A. No. 75-163-Mac

412 F.Supp. 141 (1976)

J. L. and J. R., minors, individually and as representatives of a class consisting of all persons younger than 18 years of age, now or hereafter received by any defendant for observation or diagnosis and/or detained for care or treatment at any facility within the State of Georgia, pursuant to 1969 Georgia Laws pp. 505-517, informally codified as Georgia Code Annotated § 88-503.1, Plaintiffs, v. James PARHAM, Individually and as Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M. D. Georgia, Macon Division.

March 17, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Goren, Georgia Legal Services Program, Macon, Ga., for plaintiffs.

R. Douglas Lackey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for defendants.

Before MORGAN, Circuit Judge, BOOTLE, Senior District Judge and OWENS, District Judge.

Defendants Parham, Skelton and Smith, individually and as officials of the Department of Human Resources of the State of Georgia, have moved this district court of three judges1 to stay its entire order of February 26, 1976, and the judgment entered March 11, 1976, pending their appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States. For grounds they urge:

"1. A stay is necessary in order to maintain...

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