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Case Name	Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania v. Wetzel	PC-PA-0031
Docket / Court	1:13-cv-00635-JEJ ( M.D. Pa. )
State/Territory	Pennsylvania
Case Type(s)	Prison Conditions
Special Collection	Post-PLRA Jail and Prison Private Settlement Agreements Solitary confinement
Attorney Organization	ACLU Chapters (any) Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing & Feinberg, LLP NDRN/Protection & Advocacy Organizations
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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

Constitutional Clause

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Content of Injunction

Implement complaint/dispute resolution process

Monitor/Master

Monitoring

Reporting

Defendant-type

Corrections

Jurisdiction-wide

Disability

Mental impairment

Discrimination-basis

Disability (inc. reasonable accommodations)

General

Administrative segregation

Conditions of confinement

Disciplinary procedures

Disciplinary segregation

Restraints : physical

Solitary confinement/Supermax (conditions or process)

Medical/Mental Health

Mental health care, general

Self-injurious behaviors

Suicide prevention

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) Act, 42 U.S.C. § 10801

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
Plaintiff Description	The Disability Rights Network (DRN), a Pennsylvania non-profit designated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 10801-07 as an entity that can advocate for and protect the rights of Pennsylvanians with mental illness.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	ACLU Chapters (any) Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing & Feinberg, LLP NDRN/Protection & Advocacy Organizations
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Attorneys fees Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Private Settlement Agreement
Order Duration	2015 - 2018
Filing Year	2013
Case Closing Year	2018
Case Ongoing	No

Additional Resources

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	Civil Rights Injunctions Over Time: A Case Study of Jail and Prison Court Orders N.Y.U. Law Review Date: May 2006 By: Margo Schlanger (Washington University Faculty) Citation: 81 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 550 (2006) [ Detail ] [ PDF ] [ External Link ]
	Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State: How the Courts Reformed America's Prisons Book Date: Jan. 1, 1998 By: Malcolm M. Feeley & Edward Rubin (UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law & Vanderbilt School of Law Faculty Faculty) Citation: (1998) [ Detail ]

Documents

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Docket(s)

1:13-cv-635 (M.D. Pa.)
PC-PA-0031-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 05/05/2015
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint PC-PA-0031-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 03/11/2013 Source: ACLU
PA DOC Sued on Behalf of Prisoners with Serious Mental Illness Held in Solitary Confinement PC-PA-0031-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 03/11/2013 Source: ACLU
Settlement Agreement and General Release [ECF# 59] PC-PA-0031-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 01/09/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order Dismissing Case [ECF# 62] (M.D. Pa.) PC-PA-0031-0004.pdf \| Detail Date: 01/15/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Addendum to Settlement Agreement [ECF# 63] PC-PA-0031-0005.pdf \| Detail Date: 05/05/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People

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Judges	Jones, John E. III (M.D. Pa.) PC-PA-0031-0004 \| PC-PA-0031-9000 Schwab, Susan (M.D. Pa.) [Magistrate] PC-PA-0031-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Bonthuis, Mari (New York) PC-PA-0031-0001 \| PC-PA-0031-0003 \| PC-PA-0031-9000
	Darr, Kelly L. (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0031-0001 \| PC-PA-0031-0003 \| PC-PA-0031-9000
	Formichelli, Michael (New York) PC-PA-0031-0003 \| PC-PA-0031-9000
	Hellerman, Eric (New York) PC-PA-0031-0001 \| PC-PA-0031-0003 \| PC-PA-0031-9000
	Kornblau, David L. (New York) PC-PA-0031-0001 \| PC-PA-0031-0003 \| PC-PA-0031-9000
	Love, Angus R. (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0031-0001 \| PC-PA-0031-0003 \| PC-PA-0031-9000
	Meek, Robert W. (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0031-0001 \| PC-PA-0031-0003 \| PC-PA-0031-0005 \| PC-PA-0031-9000
	Roper, Mary Catherine (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0031-0001 \| PC-PA-0031-9000
	Rudovsky, David (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0031-0001 \| PC-PA-0031-0003 \| PC-PA-0031-9000
	Skakalski, Jeffrey M. (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0031-0001 \| PC-PA-0031-0003 \| PC-PA-0031-9000
	Walczak, Witold J. (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0031-0001 \| PC-PA-0031-0003 \| PC-PA-0031-9000
	Yeh, Su Ming (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0031-0001 \| PC-PA-0031-0003
Defendant's Lawyers	Fulginiti, Joseph (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0031-0003 \| PC-PA-0031-9000
	Gates, Timothy (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0031-0003 \| PC-PA-0031-9000
	Kramer, Barry N. (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0031-0003 \| PC-PA-0031-9000
	Lewis, Maryanne (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0031-0003 \| PC-PA-0031-0005 \| PC-PA-0031-9000
	Perez, Theron (Pennsylvania) PC-PA-0031-0003

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