Legal Opinion
Braggs v. Dunn
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided July 25, 2017No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:14cv601-MHTPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHASE 2A ADA FINAL SETTLEMENT APPROVAL OPINION
Myron H. Thompson, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
I. INTRODUCTION
The individual plaintiffs in Phase 2A of this lawsuit are prisoners with serious mental illnesses in the custody of the defendants, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC or the Department) and its Commissioner, Jefferson Dunn. The Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP), Alabama’s protection and advocacy organization for people with disabilities, is also a plaintiff.
In this phase, the plaintiffs assert the claim that the Department is in violation of two statutes: Title II of…
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