Atkins v. County of Orange.

• Position: Mentally ill inmate alleges violation of his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

EQUAL PROTECTION

MENTAL ILLNESS

ADA -- Americans with Disabilities Act

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, [section] 1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Rehabilitation Act. The district court dismissed the action. The court held that ADA and Rehabilitation Act claims must be dismissed because the inmates failed to...