Court ends monitoring in Stiavetti case after finding California in substantial compliance
According to the ACLU of Northern California, the trial court ended its monitoring of the Stiavetti litigation on September 21, 2026, concluding that the Department of State Hospitals is in substantial compliance with the order to begin treatment for incompetent defendants within 28 days. The Department of Developmental Services had been found in substantial compliance in October 2025.
The ACLU says the case drove expanded treatment and diversion options, judicial review requirements for restoration, and community programs such as Los Angeles County's Office of Diversion and Reentry, while expressing disappointment that oversight is ending and concern about continued reliance on jail-based programming.
The release closes the arc of the litigation that began in 2015 and gives a source for how the 28-day deadline was ultimately met.
Source: Court Ends Oversight in Landmark Case over California's Failure to Treat Mentally Ill People in Pretrial Detention — ACLU of Northern California
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