Young v. Rothweiler

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• plaintiffs were Disability Rights Texas and nine pretrial detainees who had been found incompetent to stand trial
• state health department’s use of waiting list that resulted in delays of admission of incompetent defendants to state psychiatric hospitals was not a facial violation of substantive due process
• state health department's use of waiting list that resulted in delays of admission of incompetent defendants to state psychiatric hospitals was not a facial violation of substantive due process
• state health department’s use of waiting list that resulted in delays of admission of incompetent defendants to state psychiatric hospitals was not a facial violation of substantive due process
• “An incompetent defendant’s prolonged detention cannot be ‘justified by progress toward [the goal of restoring competency]’ if he is not receiving any competency-restoration treatment.” (alteration in original) (citation omitted)
• “Based on Jackson, we agree that an incompetent defendant’s continued detention for competency restoration must be justified by progress toward that goal, such that his due-process rights are violated if he (continued...

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