Bernstein v. Pataki

OPINION AND ORDER

LYNCH, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Michael B., Eugene C., and Eddie L. are involuntarily-committed psychiatric patients who, at the time the Complaint was filed, resided at Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Facility (“Kirby”), a maximum-security psychiatric facility operated by the New York State Office of Mental Health (“OMH”). In this putative class action, plaintiffs, who were committed after being found incompetent to stand trial, claim that New York law violates their due process and equal protection rights (and those of patients similarly situated) because it permits them to be…