District Court, N.D. Georgia November 14, 1980, Civ. A. C80-78R (Benham v. Edwards)

ORDER

HAROLD L. MURPHY, District Judge.

I

INTRODUCTION

The named plaintiffs in this class action are presently confined in mental hospitals in the State of Georgia following their acquittal of criminal charges by reason of insanity. They challenge the procedures which led to their initial commitment and which govern their efforts to obtain release. Jurisdiction is founded on 28 U.S.C.