US Supreme Court Declines to Review Seventh Circuit Decision Authorizing Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services to Sue Indiana to Obtain Peer Review Records

Indiana Family and Social Services Administration v. Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services, 603 F.3d 365 (7th Cir. 2010) pet. for cert. denied April 25, 2011)

On April 25, 2011, the Supreme Court denied the petition for Writ of Certiorari filed by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration seeking review of the en banc decision of Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit that authorized Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services to sue to obtain peer review records from its mental health agency (Docket No. 10-131). This case set up the conflict between the circuits prompting the Supreme Court to hear VOPA v. Stewart described above.

Found in DMHL Volume 30 Issue 4