Legal Opinion
Jackson Ex Rel. Jackson v. Los Lunas Community Program
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 23, 2018No. 16-2172PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McHUGH, Circuit Judge.
This civil rights class action lawsuit was filed thirty years ago to challenge various aspects of the institutionalization of developmentally disabled individuals at two state-supported facilities in New Mexico. After a lengthy trial in 1990, the district court ruled that Defendants—the two institutions and the individuals charged with their operation—were violating class members’ federal constitutional and statutory rights. The district court ordered the parties to develop a plan to cure the violations, and the plan was implemented over the ensuing years through several…
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