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Case Name	A.W. v. South Carolina Department of Mental Health	PB-SC-0006
Docket / Court	2:17-cv-01346 ( D.S.C. )
State/Territory	South Carolina
Case Type(s)	Public Benefits / Government Services
Special Collection	Olmstead Cases
Attorney Organization	Bazelon Center
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

Defendant-type

Hospital/Health Department

Disability

Mental impairment

Discrimination-basis

Disability (inc. reasonable accommodations)

General

Deinstitutionalization/decarceration

Disparate Treatment

Pattern or Practice

Plaintiff Type

Non-profit NON-religious organization

Private Plaintiff

Causes of Action

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.
Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201
Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act), 29 U.S.C. § 701

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	South Carolina Department of Mental Health South Carolina Mental Health Commission
Plaintiff Description	Six individual, persons with mental disabilities and patients of South Carolina’s G. Werber Bryan Psychiatric Hospital (Bryan Hospital), and Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities Inc, a nonprofit dedicated to assisting persons with mental disabilities.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	Bazelon Center
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	Pending
Prevailing Party	None Yet / None
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	None
Source of Relief	None yet
Case Ongoing	Yes

Documents

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Docket(s)

2:17−cv−01346 (D.S.C.)
PB-SC-0006-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 06/15/2018
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Class Action Complaint [ECF# 1]

PB-SC-0006-0001.pdf | Detail
Date: 05/24/2017
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People

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Judges	Gergel, Richard Mark (D.S.C.) PB-SC-0006-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Houseal, Sean (South Carolina) PB-SC-0006-0001 \| PB-SC-0006-9000
	Klugman, Maura M (New York) PB-SC-0006-9000
	Lang, Dana Woodrum (South Carolina) PB-SC-0006-0001 \| PB-SC-0006-9000
	Mansfield, Kathryn Susan (South Carolina) PB-SC-0006-0001 \| PB-SC-0006-9000
	Murphy, Mark J. (District of Columbia) PB-SC-0006-9000
	Simons, Thornwell (South Carolina) PB-SC-0006-0001 \| PB-SC-0006-9000
	St. Onge, Sarah (South Carolina) PB-SC-0006-0001 \| PB-SC-0006-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Davidson, William Henry II (South Carolina) PB-SC-0006-9000
	Hughes, Joel Steve (South Carolina) PB-SC-0006-9000
	Lindemann, Andrew F. (South Carolina) PB-SC-0006-9000

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