IN
THE
DISTRICTCOURT
OF
OKLAHOMA
COUNTY
STATE
OF
OKLAHOMA
COliR'f
KIMBERLY
POFF,PLAINTIFF,
V.
1.
STATE
OFOKLAHOMA
ex
rel
TheOKLAHOMADEPARTMENTOF
MENTALHEALTHANDSUBSTANCE
ABUSE
SERVICES;
2.
THE
BOARDOFDIRECTORSFOR
THE
OKLAHOMADEPARTMENTOF
MENTALHEALTHANDSUBSTANCE
ABUSE
SERVICES,
3.TERRIWHITE,individuallyandasthe
Commissionerand
Chief
Executive
Officer
of
theOklahomaDepartment
Of
Mental
HealthAndSubstanceAbuseServices,
4.DURANDCROSBY,individuallyandasthe
Chief
OperatingOfficer
of
theOklahomaDepartment
Of
MentalHealthAnd
Substance
Abuse
Services;5.
CRATUSDEWAYNE
MOORE,
individuallyandastheGeneralCounsel
of
OklahomaDepartment
of
MentalHealthand
Substance
Abuse
Service;and
6.ELLENBUETTNER,individuallyandas
theDirector,
Human
Resources
Management,HumanResources
DevelopmentfortheOklahomaDepartment
Of
Mental
Health
And
Substance
Abuse
Services.
DEFENDANTS.
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CASE
NO.
CJ-2014-
CJ-
2014-4407
JURY
TRIAL
DEMANDED
ATTORNEY S
LIEN
CLAIMED
PETITION
COMESNOW,Kimberly
Poff
forhercause
of
actionagainsttheDefendants,theState
of
OklahomaexreltheOklahomaDepartment
of
MentalHealthandSubstanceAbuseServices;theBoard
of
DirectorsfortheOklahomaDepartment
of
MentalHealthandSubstanceAbuse
Services;CratusDewayneMoore,individually,asanemployee
of
OklahomaDepartment
of
MentalHealthand
Substance
Abuse
Services;EllenBuettner,individually,
asan
employee
of
Oklahoma
Department
of
Mental
Health
and
Substance
AbuseServices;
DefendantDurand
Crosby,
individually
andasan
employee
ofthe
Department
of
Mental
Health
and
Substance
Abuse
Services
and
Terri
White,
individually,
as
an
employee
of
Oklahoma
Department
of
MentalHealthandSubstanceAbuse
Services
and
herebyalleges,
and
states
as
follows:
JURISDICTION
ANDVENUE
1.
Kimberly
Poffisa
citizen
of
Oklahoma
and
a
resident
of
OklahomaCounty.
2.DefendanttheOklahomaDepartment
of
MentalHealthandSubstanceAbuseServices
(hereinafter Department or ODMHSAS )isan
agency
oftheState
of
Oklahomaandit
is
chargedwiththe
responsibility
of
regulatingproviders
of
services
to
the
mentally
ill,or
those
suffering
fromdrug
and
alcoholabuse.
43A
O.S.§2-101,
e/
seq.
3.
Defendant,
theBoard
of
Mental
Health
andSubstance
Abuse
Services,
is
the
governing
boardforODMHSAS.43AO.S.§2-101(A)(2).
4.
The
Chief
ExecutiveOfficer
of
the
ODMHSAS
shallbe
the
Commissioner
of
Mental
HealthandSubstanceAbuseServices.43AO.S.
§2-101
(A)(2).
5.The
ODMHSAS
is
charged
withinvestigatingany
claims
ofan
individual
being
wrongfully
deprived
of
liberty,
oris
cruelly,negligently
or
improperly
treated,or
inadequate
provision
is
made
forthe
individual's
appropriatemedicalcare,
proper
supervisionandsafe
keeping
iftheindividualisreceivingtreatmentinafacilityoperatedby,certifiedby,orundercontractwiththeDepartment.43A
O.S.
§2-108(A)
(2).
6.Oninformation
and
belief.DefendantTerri
White
isacitizen
of
Oklahomaand
the
CommissionerandChiefExecutiveOfficerfortheDepartmentofMentalHealthand
Substance
Abuse
Services.
7.Oninformationandbelief.Defendant
DurandCrosby
isacitizenofOklahomaandthe
ChiefOperatingOfficerfortheDepartment
of
MentalHealthandSubstanceAbuse
Services.
8.On
information
and
belief,
Defendant
Cratus
Dewayne
Moore,
a/k/a
DewayneMoore,
is
acitizenofOklahomaandtheGeneralCounselfortheDepartment
of
MentalHealthand
SubstanceAbuse
Services.
9.Oninformationandbelief.DefendantEllenBuettnerisacitizen
of
Oklahomaandthe
Directorfor
Human
ResourcesManagement,
Human
Resources
Developmentforthe
Department
of
MentalHealthandSubstanceAbuseServices.
10.Venueisproperinthatall
of
theactionandevents,whichissubject
of
thisaction,
occurredinOklahomaCounty.
11.All
of
theactionsoreventsbytheDefendants,theODMHSAS,TerriWhite,Dewajoie
Moore,DurandCrosbyand/orEllenBuettner,actingineithertheirindividualcapacity
and/orintheircapacityasemployeesanddirectors
of
theODMHSAS,occurredeitherwhiletheDefendantswereacting
xmder
thecolor
of
Oklahomaand/orFederallaw,and/or
whileactingundercolor
of
stateorfederallawinwhichtheyexceededtheirauthoritybut
appearedtobeotherwiseactingundercolor
of
stateorfederallaw.
12.OnoraboutAugust23,2013,thePlaintiffwasterminatedfromher
job
astheInspector
General
withtheODMHSAS.
13.Onorabout1/14/2014,thePlaintifftimelysubmittedanIntakeQuestionnaireandfileda
Charge
of
DiscriminationagainsttheDefendantthroughtheEqualEmployment
OpportunityCommission( EEOC ).SeeExhibit1,IntakeQuestionnaireandCharge
of
Discrimination.