Atkins v. County of Orange.

• Position: Mental illness - Brief Article

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, [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 allege that they were denied benefits of services, program...