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CLIFT BY CLIFT v. FINCANNON

Civ. A. No. S-84-5-CA.

657 F.Supp. 1535 (1987)

Jessie Gail CLIFT, by Jane CLIFT, Administratrix of her Estate, Jane Clift, Robert Clift, Jr., William A. Clift, Barbara Clift Francis, and Mary Jane Clift Cole, v. Jaylon FINCANNON, Former Superintendent Fort Worth State School, Present Superintendent Austin State School, Arren C. Buchannan, M.D., Former Medical Director Fort Worth State School, Norman Read, M.D., Former Staff Physician Fort Worth State School, in their official and individual capacities; and State of Texas; Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Sherman Division.

April 13, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryce J. Denny, Sherman, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Toni Hunter, Asst. Atty. Gen., State & County Affairs, Austin, Tex., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PAUL N. BROWN, District Judge.

This civil rights action arises from the death of Jessie Gail Clift on August 6, 1980, while committed to the care, custody and control of the Fort Worth State School. Suit is brought against the State of Texas, the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation ("MHMR"), the Fort Worth State School, and against Jaylon Fincannon, Arren C. Buchannan, M.D., and Norman Read, M.D., in their...

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