Atkins v. County of Orange.U.S. District Court MENTALLY ILL Atkins v. County of Orange, 251 F.Supp.2d 1225 (S.D.N.Y. 2003). Mentally ill county jail inmates brought an action alleging violations of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment Fourteenth Amendment, addition to the U.S. Constitution, adopted 1868. The amendment comprises five sections. Section 1 Section 1 of the amendment declares that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are American citizens and citizens , [section] 1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act Americans with Disabilities Act, U.S. civil-rights law, enacted 1990, that forbids discrimination of various sorts against persons with physical or mental handicaps. (ADA Ada, city, United States Ada (ā`ə), city (1990 pop. 15,820), seat of Pontotoc co., S central Okla.; inc. 1904. It is a large cattle market and the center of a rich oil and ranch area. ), and the Rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. Act. The district court dismissed the action. The court held that ADA and Rehabilitation Act claims must be dismissed because the inmates failed to allege that they were denied benefits of services, program or activity of the jail when they were placed in keeplock isolation, or that violent and self-destructive inmates suffering from mental illness were treated any differently than violent and self-destructive inmates without mental illness. The court found that the inmates' allegations that the jail's inappropriate sleep regime caused him to sleep all the time, miss recreation and meal opportunities and otherwise deprived him of any significant activity of any kind, did not state a claim for violation of ADA or the Rehabilitation Act, absent an allegation of discriminatory treatment. (Orange County Correctional Facility, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ) |
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