Brown v. Murphy

Plaintiffs, James E. Brown and Joseph Radaszewski, individually and on behalf of a class of other similarly situated individuals in the custody of the Illinois Department of Mental Health and Development Disabilities (hereinafter Department), filed this action in the circuit court of Cook County, against defendants, William Murphy, the Director of the Department, and Roalda J. Alderman, the facility director at Elgin Mental Health Center (hereinafter Center), seeking to enjoin defendants from acting as plaintiffs’ representative payee of social security benefits without their informed…