Legal Opinion
Johnson ex rel. Johnson v. Brelje
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 18, 1983No. Nos. 81-2798, 81-2799, 81-3014PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.
This case presents constitutional issues concerning the commitment of Illinois criminal defendants who are found unfit to stand trial (“USTs”) and are assigned to the Chester Mental Health Center (“Chester”). The district court held that Illinois’s practice of assigning all male USTs to Chester violates procedural rights guaranteed by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The district court also determined that USTs at Chester are denied their constitutional rights to meaningful access to the courts. Furthermore, the court held that USTs’ liberty…
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