Civil Rights Case: Coleman V. Brown

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Example In the case Coleman v. Brown a federal class action civil rights lawsuit was filed under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. And the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 alleging unconstitutional mental health care by the California Department of Corrections and rehabilitation. The case was decided on September 13, 1995 a federal court in Sacramento California ruled that the California Department of Corrections and rehabilitation failed to provide satisfactory mental health care. The case covered all prisoners with serious mental disorders housed in California state prisons. The Court's ruling stemmed from the lack of prison officials failing to provide satisfactory mental health
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