Federal court closes Utah competency-wait case after five years of monitoring
The docket summary shows Judge Robert Shelby signed the order on July 13, 2022. The suit began in September 2015 and settled in 2017 with deadlines culminating in a 14-day cap on admission waits, outreach programs and off-site forensic capacity, overseen by a court monitor.
The closing of the case marks the end of one of the earliest federal suits over jail waits for competency treatment to produce a negotiated, monitored fix.
Source: Disability Law Center v. State of Utah — Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse
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