Conner v. Branstad

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

BENNETT, United States Magistrate Judge.

This is a class' action lawsuit in which Plaintiffs’ class, a group of institutionalized mentally and physically disabled individuals, challenges the State of Iowa’s system for providing services to individuals with mental and physical disabilities as violating federal statutory and constitutional principles. Specifically, this litigation arises from Defendants’ continued providing of services to Plaintiffs’ class in an institutional setting rather than in a community…