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· 2/6/2024

Willie I. Simmons v. Yancis Turcios

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that due process standard was based on norms set by mental health professionals, and that state regulations constituted evidence of such norms
  • \due process standards [for using restraints] is based on norms set by the mental health professionals\
  • “due process standards [for using restraints] is based on norms set by the mental health professionals”
  • “[I]t is the duty of a court to ensure that professional judgment in fact was exercised.”
  • \Due process requires that the nature and duration of physical restraint bear some reasonable relation to the purpose for which it is prescribed.\

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