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JOHNSON v. BRELJE

No. 78 C 1704.

482 F.Supp. 121 (1979)

William JOHNSON, by his conservator Richard Johnson, on his own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Terry BRELJE, Superintendent of Chester Mental Health Center; Robert deVito, Director of Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

November 6, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan M. Sitter, Maywood, Ill., Thomas Grippando, Edward Beis, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Maureen D. Mudron, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Christine A. Bremer, Staff Atty., Alan E. Grischke, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, District Judge:

The named plaintiff, William Johnson, has brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and various state law provisions, alleging the illegality of the procedure by which he was assigned to the mental health facility at Chester as well as the living conditions at that hospital. By this motion, plaintiff seeks to have the suit certified as a class action under Fed.R.Civ.Pro. 23(b)(2). In addition to determining...

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