Terry Ex Rel. Terry v. Hill.

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U.S. District Court

ACCESS TO COURT

Terry Ex Rel. Terry v. Hill, 232 F.Supp.2d 934 (E.D.Ark. 2002). Pretrial detainees brought a class action against the Arkansas Department of Human Services, claiming that inordinate delays in providing evaluation and treatment of detainees who were referred by the court to determine their fitness to stand trial, violated their Constitutional rights. The district court entered judgment for the detainees. The court held that the inordinate delays amounted to prohibited punishment that violated the detainee's due process rights. The court also found that the officials displayed deliberate indifference to the detainees'...