J.L. v. Miller

Defendants Sutherland Miller, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Developmental and Mental Health Services; Rodney Copeland, Superintendent, Vermont State Hospital; Brij Sarran, Staff Psychiatrist, Vermont State Hospital; Nancy Belle Collett, Staff Psychiatrist, Vermont State Hospital; and Rafael E. Garcia, Staff Psychiatrist, Vermont State Hospital, appeal the denial of a motion for relief from judgment under V.R.C.P. 60(b)(5). Defendants had asked the superior court to vacate the “J. L. Consent Decree,” entered into in May 1985, because in 1998 the Legislature adopted legislation expressly…