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155 source-linked register entries. Open an entry for every preserved occurrence, the outcome as recorded, source references, and linked corrections.
These entries preserve the research archive’s evidence labels. They have not all been independently reverified in this edition. An allegation, settlement, rejected claim and finding remain different outcomes.
Disability Rights Arizona sues for access to patients and records
Filed 12 Sep (2023); settled
Disability Rights Arizona (formerly Arizona Center for Disability Law), the PAIMI protection-and-advocacy agency, sued ASH and ADHS for choosing which patients it could speak to, listening to conversations, and withholding peer-review records on injuries and deaths…
Read the recordThe hospital death reports Arizona would not release
Feb 2023
ADHS refused to release incident reports on two patient suicides, citing HIPAA and A.R.S. confidentiality; critics describe the department operating and overseeing the hospital as "the fox watching the henhouse"
Read the record“Street, treat, repeat”: Arizona’s investigative reporting
AZCIR / Amy Silverman, 2021
Statewide investigation finds the Arnold v. Sarn settlement "removed most accountability and transparency measures"; crisis teams understaffed; "street, treat, repeat" short hospitalizations; "claims of retaliation and isolation plague the state mental hospital for…
Read the recordThe federal investigation of Arizona State Hospital
25 Sep 1989 – 14 Feb 1995
DOJ CRIPA investigation of ASH found deficiencies in bodily restraints, medical care and psychiatric treatment (findings letter 14 Dec 1990); partial compliance by 1993; investigation closed 1995
Read the recordTexas: an officer’s emergency-detention decision
Worldwide register by region (Batch 2)
Statute and bill analysis (HB 1738 analysis, 83R)
Read the recordThe Texas hospital-hold bill that was vetoed
Worldwide register by region (Batch 2)
Session law (SB 359 engrossed)
Read the recordTexas detention proposals: what passed remains to be checked
Worldwide register by region (Batch 2)
Bill texts (HB 5210; SB 2287; HB 5463)
Read the recordAustin: a complaint about a false suicidal-with-a-gun report
Worldwide register by region (Batch 2)
A complainant alleged APD acted on "a false report that I was suicidal with a gun"; the mental health response officer was recorded declining to evaluate him ("everyone's crazy tonight"); OPO recommended the allegation for formal classification and cited §§ 573.001–.002
Read the recordMikhail Kosenko’s protest case and compulsory treatment
Moscow, May 2012 protest; trial 2013
Mikhail Kosenko, a Bolotnaya Square defendant with a 12-year outpatient history, had his case severed from the others because investigators sought compulsory psychiatric treatment; a Soviet-era dissident testified he had not fought police; Memorial's Orlov called it a…
Read the recordRichards: the opposing party raised competency
US, 3d Cir. (non-precedential, 2005)
A pro se attorney-plaintiff; the defendant university "suggested the District Court consider" her competency; the magistrate judge ordered a psychiatrist to address it and appointed a guardian, stripping her of control of her own case; the Third Circuit took…
Read the recordJames: an incapacity ruling could not end the case that way
US, 2d Cir. 2011
District court dismissed a pro se complaint with prejudice solely because the plaintiff had been adjudicated incapacitated in state court in 2003 and her guardians did not respond; her filings alleged a guardian held a financial interest adverse to hers; the Second…
Read the recordRepeated motions, a capacity petition, and a vexatious-litigant order
Montgomery County, Maryland; Court of Special Appeals unreported 0037s20
In a guardianship case the county health department petitioned for evaluation of the appellant's mental capacity; the court recounted her "numerous frivolous, stream-of-consciousness pleadings," eight pro se motions, declared her a vexatious litigant, enjoined further…
Read the recordPowell: a competency inquiry as a procedural safeguard
US, 3d Cir. 2012
A prisoner's psychiatric report put the district court on notice of possible incompetence; the court abused its discretion by not inquiring; reversed
Read the recordDubrule: an unusual defense does not establish incompetence
US, 6th Cir. 2016
"The mere fact that a pro se litigant espouses a far-fetched, or even bizarre, legal-defense theory is insufficient to clear the high hurdle for incompetency"
Read the recordRaub: the interval between speech and detention
Worldwide register by region (Batch 2)
Facebook posts. Detention.
Read the recordMukhortova: a complaint followed by re-confinement
Worldwide register by region (Batch 2)
Complaint about her own detention. Re-confinement; "litigious activity" cited.
Read the recordA witness was hospitalized six days before trial
Worldwide register by region (Batch 2)
Scheduled testimony as sole prosecution witness. Involuntary commitment.
Read the recordKarlene Petitt: a pilot’s safety report and psychiatric evaluation
Airline (Delta), WA/GA
Fatigue, training records, SMS culture
Read the recordDiaz-Robainas: a safety dispute became an evaluation order
Nuclear (Turkey Point)
A Turkey Point engineer disputed safety-related equipment decisions and was ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation. He refused and was fired. The Labor Secretary found the order retaliatory; no examination took place.
Read the recordCaddell: a federal fitness-exam claim outside the board’s jurisdiction
DOJ
Disclosure content unread
Read the recordCerulli: a fitness-exam retaliation claim was rejected
DoD fire protection
DoD fire protection. Unread. Fitness-for-duty exam (A). Agency. Cleared. Corrective action denied; affirmed 2020. Unread
Read the recordBichai: patient-care advocacy and a professional assessment
Hospital, CA
Patient care advocacy
Read the recordA military research reactor’s chilled reporting environment
Military research reactor
Nuclear safety, regulatory
Read the recordNuclear fabrication and an NRC chilling-effect letter
Nuclear fabrication
Safety concerns
Read the recordThe Francis review: what happens to NHS whistleblowers?
NHS England
Patient care
Read the recordDeFord: psychiatric harm described as a consequence of retaliation
TVA Sequoyah, QA engineer
TVA Sequoyah, QA engineer. Not psychiatric instrument: depression and hospitalization described as consequences of retaliation. Sixth Circuit affirmed retaliatory transfer; remedy remanded. Cross-thread; keep out of the instrument count
Read the recordMeeker: counseling required after doctors found him fit
USPS (EEOC appeal 01A12137)
USPS (EEOC appeal 01A12137). A — required counseling after doctors found him fit. EEOC: requirement lacked job-relatedness or business necessity; no safety-report origin shown. Cross-thread; adjacent
Read the recordMalik: protected disclosures and a medical regulator referral
Psychiatric hospital, England (ET 2403141/2018)
Psychiatric hospital, England (ET 2403141/2018). G — medical director's email to the GMC liaison. Detriment for protected disclosures found; automatic unfair dismissal failed; some claims out of time. Cross-thread
Read the recordDelcore: settlement terms sought to restrict contact with the NRC
CL&P v. Secretary, 85 F.3d 89 (2d Cir.)
CL&P v. Secretary, 85 F.3d 89 (2d Cir.). Not psychiatric — settlement terms restricting contact with the NRC. Proposing them was prohibited discrimination. Cross-thread; Mechanism 9 analogue
Read the recordHooper: checking for safety reports before a regulator referral
GMC review
GMC review. G — safeguard. Recommends checking whether referred doctors raised safety concerns. Cross-thread; implementation unknown
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