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Birl v. Wallis

District Court, M.D. Alabama

Decided September 4, 1985No. Civ. A. 83-T-809-NPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

This lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of Alabama’s mental health procedures for reconfining a person who has been involuntarily civilly committed to a state mental institution and then conditionally released. Plaintiff Leroy Birl has brought this lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S. C.A. § 1983 against defendant Kenneth Wallis, court-appointed receiver and commissioner of the Alabama Department of Mental Health, and defendant Charles A. Fetner, director of Bryce Hospital, one of the department’s residential mental health facilities. The…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Wyatt v. KingDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1991
  2. Matter of PlummerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
  3. WYATT BY AND THROUGH RAWLINS v. KingDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1993
  4. Birl v. WallisDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1986
  5. Birl v. WallisDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1986

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