Bresolin v. Morris

Petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus ordering his transfer to the drug treatment program at Western State Hospital. Alternatively, if this motion is denied, he asks for an order adjudging respondent Charles Morris, as Secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services, in contempt of this court for failure to abide by our order entered December 2, 1974- That order directed respondent to “make available to health authorities portions of correctional institutions under his jurisdiction for the isolation and treatment, at public expense, of petitioner” for narcotic addiction. The primary…