Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number CIVIL ACTION NO. 70-T-3195-N Judges Myron Herbert Thompson See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. RICKY WYATT, by and through his aunt and legal guardian MRS.W. C. RAWLINS, JR., et al., Plaintiffs, v. KATHY E. SAWYER, as Commissioner of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, and the State of Alabama Mental Health, Officer, et al., Defendants, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Amicus Curiae. ORDER MYRON H. THOMPSON UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE. Based upon the record in this case, including the representations made at the fairness hearing held on May 4, 2000, it is the ORDER, JUDGMENT, and DECREE of the court that: (1) The objections to the proposed settlement agreement, entered by the parties on January 20, 2000 and submitted to the court on January 27, 2000, are OVERRULED. (2) The proposed settlement agreement, entered by the parties on January 20, 2000 and submitted to the court on January 27, 2000, is APPROVED and, in accordance with Section V-A of the settlement agreement, its effective date shall be deemed the date of this order. (3) With the exception of the following matters over which the court shall retain jurisdiction, this lawsuit is DISMISSED, the September 22, 1986 consent decree is DISSOLVED with prejudice, including all of the Wyatt standards, and all prior orders and injunctions are also DISSOLVED with prejudice: (a) The settlement agreement, which is approved by the court today, pursuant to which the court retains jurisdiction for the limited purpose of enforcement in accordance with the process specified in Section II of the agreement. (b) The order and injunction entered on April 21, 1998 (Doc. no. 1695), pursuant to which the defendants "are enjoined and restrained from treating more than 74 individuals at the North Alabama Regional Hospital, more than 66 individuals at the Greil Memorial Psychiatric Hospital, and more than 122 individuals at Thomasville Mental Health Rehabilitation Center at any given time, with the defendants to retain the right to use additional beds in the respective facilities in the event of an emergency or crisis situation." Although the parties inadvertently failed to reference Thomasville in footnote one of the settlement agreement, they did reference it at page 29, and they have reaffirmed their intent and agreement that the April 21, 1998 order should remain in effect as to Thomasville as well. (c) The order and injunction entered on December 9, 1998 (Doc. no. 1790), pursuant to which the defendants are "enjoined and restrained from expanding" S.D. Allen Intermediate Care Facility in Northport, Alice M. Kidd Intermediate Care Facility in Tuscaloosa, Claudette Box Nursing Facility in Mt. Vernon, and Mary Starke Harper Geriatric Psychiatry Center in Tuscaloosa, in order to accomplish any current or future long-term bed reductions at any mental illness facility. A memorandum opinion will follow later.