Legal Opinion
Dunn v. Dunn
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided November 25, 2016No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:14cv601-MHTPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHASE 2A ADAP SUMMARY JUDGMENT OPINION
Myron H. Thompson, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
The plaintiffs in this putative class-action lawsuit are dozens of state prisoners and the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP). The defendants are officials of the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC): the Commissioner and the Associate Commissioner of Health Services.1 They are sued in their official capacities only.
In Phase 2A of this case, with which this opinion is concerned, ADAP and a subset of individual plaintiffs assert the following mental-health claims: constitutionally inadequate…
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- Havens Realty Corp. v. ColemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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