DISABILITY LAW CENTER v. UTAH

Case No. 2:15-cv-00645-RJS.

180 F.Supp.3d 998 (2016)

DISABILITY LAW CENTER, a Utah nonprofit corporation; S.B., an individual, by and through his next friend Margaret Goodman; A.U., by and through his next friend Mary Eka; and S.W., an individual, Plaintiffs, v. State of UTAH; Utah Department of Human Services; Ann Williamson, in her official capacity as Executive Director of the Utah Department of Human Services; Utah Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health; Douglas Thomas, in his official capacity as Director of the Utah Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health; Utah State Hospital; Dallas Earnshaw, in his official capacity as Superintendent of Utah State Hospital, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Utah, Central Division.

Signed April 7, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan L. Sullivan, Bret R. Evans, Jared C. Fields, Snell & Wilmer, Erin Burns Sullivan, Aaron M. Kinikini, Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiffs.

Laura K. Thompson, Tyler R. Green, Office of the Attorney General, David N. Wolf, Parker Douglas, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

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