Date filed: Jan. 2000
Case status: Closed (Dec 2000)
Primary Target group:
Case Type (Olmstead ^e or Related ^f): Related
Reference (on the Olmstead & Olmstead-related Lawsuits table) : OR1³
Case Summary & Links to Further Details ⁱⁱⁱ:
Summary This (non-class action) lawsuit alleged the state was not providing services in the most integrated setting to eligible individuals with developmental disabilities with reasonable promptness. Progress Settlement. Due to changes in state revenues, the court approved a modified settlement proposing a slower rate of expansion & change (to 2011). The state Olmstead plan was the basis for the settlement¹². Further details [http://www.oradvocacy.org/staley2003.htm]

Date filed: Dec. 2000
Case status: Closed (Mar 2004)
Primary Target group:
Case Type (Olmstead ^e or Related ^f): Olmstead
Reference (on the Olmstead & Olmstead-related Lawsuits table) : OR2³
Case Summary & Links to Further Details ⁱⁱⁱ:
Summary Class action for people residing in a psychiatric hospital despite being assessed as suitable for community placement. The judge rejected the defense that recent state legislation requiring the production of an Olmstead plan protected the state from the lawsuit. Progress Settlement (includes the creation of new community placements & a fund to place people with conditions that are barriers to community reintegration). Further details [http://caselaw.findlaw.com/data2/circs/9th/0135950P.pdf]

Date filed: Feb. 2003
Case status: Closed (Aug 2002)
Primary Target group:
Case Type (Olmstead ^e or Related ^f): Related
Reference (on the Olmstead & Olmstead-related Lawsuits table) : OR3³
Case Summary & Links to Further Details ⁱⁱⁱ:
Summary Case challenging lost eligibility for services after the state narrowed eligibility for long-term care services by raising the threshold for assessed functional impairment necessary to qualify for services. Services have resumed for most levels of need. Progress Case dismissed. Further details [http://www.nsclc.org/news/03/07/appeal_watson.htm]