Legal Opinion
Birl v. Wallis
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided April 30, 1986No. Civ. A. 83-T-809-NPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
In this action, plaintiff Leroy Birl challenges the constitutionality of the procedures used by the Alabama Department of Mental Health to reconfine individuals who have been conditionally released from state mental hospitals after initial involuntary commitments. ' Defendant Kenneth Wallis is the court-appointed receiver of the Department of Mental Health; defendant Charles A. Fetner is the director of Bryce Hospital, one of the department’s residential mental health facilities and the hospital in which Birl was confined. Birl has sued…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Addington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- O'Connor v. DonaldsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Lynch v. BaxleyDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1974
- United States v. Claude Raymond CurryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by6 opinions
- WYATT BY AND THROUGH RAWLINS v. RogersDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1997
- Wyatt v. KingDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1991
- WYATT BY AND THROUGH RAWLINS v. KingDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1993
- Birl v. WallisDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1986
- Harkey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989
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