Legal Opinion
Mihalcik v. Lensink
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided March 9, 1990No. Civ. H-89-529 (PCD)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS
DORSEY, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, two current Connecticut Valley Hospital (“CVH”) patients, sue “on behalf of all persons with mental retardation who are, were, or in the future will be patients at CVH,” a state mental institution located in Middletown. Amended Complaint, 111. Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification has been stayed pending resolution of defendants’ motions to dismiss. Plaintiffs allege violations of Section 123(a) of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6023(a), and their Fourteenth Amendment rights to…
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