Opinion ID: 718736
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: The July Fourth Weekend Transfer.

Text: 31 Following the issuance of Justice Freedman's opinion on June 13, 1995, the State made arrangements for the transfer of some of its clients to in-state facilities. One such transfer, scheduled for the Fourth of July weekend, led to an incident that plaintiffs have focused on in their federal litigation. On the Friday preceding the four-day holiday weekend, the OMH advised the Devereux Institute (an out-of-state facility at which some of plaintiffs reside) 7 that buses would arrive on Monday, July 3, to transport nine TCF residents to facilities in Utica and Amsterdam, New York. This arrangement was made without the consent or knowledge of the guardians, who learned of the transfer from the institute and promptly intervened to prevent it. A new transfer date of July 7 was set, but no transfer took place, and the nine plaintiffs have remained at Devereux. 32