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WYATT BY AND THROUGH RAWLINS v. KING

Civ. A. No. 3195-N.

781 F.Supp. 750 (1991)

Ricky WYATT, By and Through his aunt and legal guardian Mrs. W.C. RAWLINS, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, Diane Martin, et al., Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. Royce G. KING, as Commissioner of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, and the State of Alabama Mental Health Officer, et al., Defendants, United States of America, et al., Amici Curiae.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, N.D.

December 31, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira Burnim, Washington, D.C., for proposed intervenor Bretz.

R. Emmett Poundstone, III, and Ricky Trawick, Alabama Dept. of Mental Health, Montgomery, Ala., Joel Kline, Christopher Cerf, Washington, D.C., for King and Dept. of Mental Health.

Andrew J. Barrick and Mitchell W. Dale, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Washington, D.C., for U.S.

Byrd R. Latham, Patton, Latham, Legge & Cole, Athens, Ala., for Gunter, Steagall and Brassell.

David Ferleger, Philadelphia, Pa., for intervenors Martin, et al.

Reuben Cook, Edward Stevens, Victoria Farr, and Donald Tipper, Tuscaloosa, Ala., for intervenors Martin, et al.

Peter G. Thompson, Sandra Lord, Washington, D.C., for Ricky Wyatt, et al.

Pamela Chen, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Sp. Litigation Section, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae U.S.

Algert Agricola, Mark Montiel, and David Byrne, Montgomery, Ala., for State defendants.

R. David Christy, Montgomery, Ala., for King.

ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

Previously in this litigation, this court held that the State of Alabama must conduct periodic judicial review of the need for continued confinement of persons involuntarily committed to the state's mental health institutions. The court also held that these recommitment hearings must comport with certain listed procedures and standards. This lawsuit is once again before the court, this time on a motion filed by the defendants...

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