Legal Opinion
Trueblood ex rel. Badayos v. Washington State Department of Social & Health Services
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 6, 2016No. 15-35462PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Judge M. MARGARET McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:
Washington State, through its Department of Social and Health Services (“DSHS”),1 has faced considerable challenges — both legal and practical — in administering timely competency evaluation and restoration services to pretrial detainees in city and county facilities. It is well recognized that detention in a jail is no substitute for mentally ill detainees who need therapeutic evaluation and treatment. Long-standing Supreme Court precedent requires that “a person whose mental condition is such that he lacks the capacity to understand…
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