Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & Hospital

MEMORANDUM

RAYMOND J. BRODERICK, District Judge.

On March 2, 1981, this Court issued an order which, inter alia, provided that the defendants in this action should, on or before June 30, 1982, provide community living arrangements together with all the services required by the retarded person’s Individual Habilitation Plan for 100 residents of Pennhurst whose home counties are outside the Southeast Region of Pennsylvania. On March 10, 1981, defendants Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and its Secretary, Helen O’Bannon (hereinafter “Commonwealth defendants”) filed…