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WYATT, BY AND THROUGH RAWLINS v. KING

Civ. A. No. 3195-N.

803 F.Supp. 377 (1992)

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. 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.

September 11, 1992.

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., 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.

Joel Kline, Christopher Cerf, Washington, D.C., for Dept. of Mental Health & Horsley.

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

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

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

Pamel Chen, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. 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 Horsley.

ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs in this case first sued officials of the State of Alabama over 20 years ago claiming that conditions at facilities operated by the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation violated residents' rights under state and federal law. Six years ago, on September 22, 1986, the court approved a consent decree which resolved the parties' continued conflicts over the adequacy of the state's funding...

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