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GILBERT v. TEX. MENTAL HEALTH AND RETARDATION

No. 6:95cv387.

919 F.Supp. 1031 (1996)

Frank GILBERT and Patricia Gilbert, individually and on behalf of the Estate of Darryl Gilbert, Plaintiffs, v. TEXAS MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION, The Rusk State Hospital, Robert Arizpe, Elwin Upton, M.D., David Mainz, M.D., Carol Smith, R.N., Doyle Edward Bruce, Lynda Roberson, Patsy Langston, R.N., Gary Bramlett, James H. Harper, Defendants.

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

March 12, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Anthony Lavallo, Austin, TX, Deborah Cortez Hiser, Austin, TX, Joe K. Crews, Pluymen & Ivy, P.C., Austin, TX, for plaintiffs.

Dennis R. Garza, Asst. Atty. Gen., Attorney General's Office, Austin, TX, Dona Glimm Hamilton, Office of Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Texas Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Rusk State Hospital, Steve Shon, M.D., Robert Arizpe, David Mainz, Carol Smith, Doyle Edward Bruce, Linda Roberson, P. Langston, Gary Bramlett, James H. Harper, and all defendants.

Dennis R. Garza, Asst. Atty. Gen., Attorney General's Office, Austin, TX, Linda M. Kearney, Attorney General's Office, Austin, TX, Dona Glimm Hamilton, Office of Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Elwin Upton, M.D.

Dona Glimm Hamilton, Office of Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Chester Smith and Raymond Crane, defendants.

Dennis R. Garza, Asst. Atty. Gen., Attorney General's Office, Austin, TX, for Connell Foreman, Linnis Ward, L. Henderson, Glenda Hackney, Debbie Rushing, Kenneth Bingham, Marvin L. Warren, Sandra Brantly, Horace Lewis, Tracy Sessions.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JUSTICE, District Judge.

Two motions for summary judgment, one from defendant Upton and one from the remaining defendants, are currently pending. Because genuine issues of material fact remain with respect to underlying liability and entitlement to qualified immunity, defendants' motions will be denied.

I. Factual Background

Plaintiffs Frank and Patricia Gilbert are the parents of Darryl Gilbert, who died while...

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