Wyatt, by and Through Rawlins v. King

ORDER.

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs in this case first sued officials of the State of Alabama over 20 years ago claiming that conditions at facilities operated by the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation violated residents’ rights under state and federal law. Six years ago, on September 22, 1986, the 'court approved a consent decree which resolved the parties’ continued conflicts over the adequacy of the state’s funding and administration of facilities for the mentally ill and mentally retarded under court-ordered standards. The cause is again before the…