BROWN BY BROWN v. Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ALEXANDER HARVEY, II, Senior District Judge.

This civil action has been brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by James McKendrick Brown (“Jake”), a mentally retarded adult who has here sued through his court-appointed guardian, Lillian Brown. Named as defendant is Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc. (“KKI”), a private non-profit corporation which provides community supported living arrangement services and community based residential services for mentally disabled adults. From 1993 until 1996, plaintiff resided in several homes operated by KKI. In this suit, he claims that defendant…