McMillian v. Wallis

Jackie Stuart McMillian appeals from a judgment in favor of defendants Charles A. Fetner, director of Bryce Hospital; Ken Wallis, commissioner of the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation1; and Dr. Cynthia Bisbee, Dr. Humphrey Osmond, and Patricia Scheiffler-Roberts — members of the treatment team at Bryce Hospital in charge of David Mayo Stuart, an inmate at Bryce Hospital. (Hereinafter these defendants are collectively referred to as the "Mental Health defendants.")2 McMillian sued the Mental Health defendants for alleged wrongful and/or negligent release of Stuart from…