Legal Opinion
Connecticut Office of Protection & Advocacy for Persons With Disabilities v. Connecticut
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided March 31, 2010No. Civil Case 3:06CV00179(AWT)PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULINGS ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND PLAINTIFFS’MOTION FOR CERTIFICATION OF CLASS
ALVIN W. THOMPSON, District Judge.
The State of Connecticut Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons With Disabilities (“OPA”) and Shannon Hemmingsen, Samuel Rivera, Gale Yencha, Norma Jean Diaz, and Agatha Johnson (the “Individual Plaintiffs”) bring this action on behalf of more than 200 individuals with mental illness who reside in three nursing facilities in Connecticut, and on behalf of individuals with mental illness who are at risk of entry into those facilities, against defendants the State of…
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