Louisiana court extends oversight of hospital-admission settlement after pandemic disrupts compliance
Under the 2016 settlement in Cooper v. Kliebert, Louisiana agreed to admit people found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity from jail waitlists to mental health facilities and to report monthly, with the case ending after four years of substantial compliance. In November 2020, plaintiffs moved to continue the reporting and the court's jurisdiction, arguing the pandemic had prevented the state from maintaining four continuous years of compliance.
According to the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse's case record, the court granted that motion on December 3, 2020, keeping the settlement and its monitoring alive. The extended oversight set up the 2021 contested proceedings over whether the state was missing admission deadlines.
The item fills a gap in the Louisiana timeline between the 2016 settlement and the 2021 discovery-and-contempt fight.
Source: Cooper v. Kliebert 3:14-cv-00507 (M.D. La.) — Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse
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