Filed Date: 1984
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This case, alleging inadequate medical and mental health care at the California Institution for Women in Frontera, was filed in California Superior Court, San Bernadino County in1992. Because it is a state court case, a docket sheet was unavailable on PACER. Searches on Westlaw and on the California court's website likewise turned up no information on the case. Our information comes from the National Prison Project journal, which reported in 1990 that the lawsuit concerned failure by the state to require state licensure of the relevant medical facilities, and in 1996 that a settlement agreement was reached in May 1992. Apparently, the state agreed to begin medical inspections of the facilities, and to correct any failings noted. It appears that there was some follow-up inspection of the facility and correction of the identified problems and that some monitoring of the case continued as of 1995.
Summary Authors
Denise Lieberman (10/9/2005)
Last updated Aug. 30, 2023, 1:47 p.m.
Docket sheet not available via the Clearinghouse.State / Territory:
Case Type(s):
Healthcare Access and Reproductive Issues
Key Dates
Filing Date: 1984
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
Inmates at the California Institution for Women in Frontera who received inadequate mental and/or physical health care
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Attorney Organizations:
Public Interest Lawyer: Yes
Filed Pro Se: Unknown
Class Action Sought: Unknown
Class Action Outcome: Unknown
Defendants
State
California Department of Corrections
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Facility Type(s):
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Other Dockets:
California state trial court #0CV33860 Superior Court
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Outcome
Prevailing Party: Plaintiff OR Mixed
Relief Granted:
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief:
Form of Settlement:
Content of Injunction:
Issues
Affected Sex/Gender(s):
Medical/Mental Health Care:
Case Summary of Whisman v. McCarthy, Civil Rights Litig. Clearinghouse, https://clearinghouse.net/case/595/ (last updated 10/9/2005).