Ricci v. Callahan

MEMORANDUM

TAURO, District Judge.

On September 7, 1983, this court ordered Secretary of Human Services Margaret Heckler 1 to conduct an on-site study and evaluation of each institution involved in these consolidated cases. 2 The Secretary’s mandate was to advise this court whether current conditions at the institutions met standards imposed by Title XIX, 3 and agreed to by the parties in consent decrees approved by this court on July 25, 1977.

On October 31, 1983, the Secretary filed a report discussing conditions at each institution, as well as her conclusions with respect to Title XIX and…