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WYATT BY AND THROUGH RAWLINS v. HORSLEY

Civ. A. No. 3195-N.

793 F.Supp. 1053 (1991)

Ricky WYATT, By and Through his aunt and legal guardian, Mrs. W.C. RAWLINS, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, Diane Martin, et al., Plaintiffs-Intervenors, v. J. Michael HORSLEY, 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.

May 2, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

R. Emmett Poundstone, III, Ricky Trawick, Ala. Dept. of Mental Health, Montgomery, Ala., Joel Kline Christopher Cerf, Washington, D.C., for Horsley 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., Reuben Cook, Edward Stevens, Victoria Farr, and Donald Tipper, Ala. Disabilities Advocacy Program, Tuscaloosa, Ala., for intervenors Martin, et al.

Peter G. Thompson, Sandra Lord, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Pamel 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 defts.

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

ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

This long-standing class action, originally filed in 1970 by patients under the care and custody of the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, is now before the court on the plaintiffs' and defendants' joint request for approval and entry of two consent decrees. These decrees propose to modify several of the court's previous orders that require the defendants to comply with certain minimum constitutional...

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