Elizabeth M., on Behalf of Themselves and on Behalf of Others Similarly Situated v. Nancy Montenez

LOKEN, Chief Judge.

This is a putative class action filed by sixteen present and former female patients at Nebraska’s three residential mental health facilities — the Lincoln Regional Center (LRC), the Norfolk Regional Center (NRC), and the Hastings Regional Center (HRC). Plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief against the Director of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and the Chief Executive Officers and the Clinical Directors of the three facilities, all sued in their official capacities. The complaint alleges that these seven defendants are violating plaintiffs’…