INTHEDISTRICTCOURTOFOKLAHOI\|^gg>t|JN®)STRICTCOURT
STATE
OF
OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA
COUNTY
MICHAEL
DELONG,
PLAINTIFF,
V.
1.
STATEOF
OKLAHOMA
ex
rel
The
OKLAHOMADEPARTMENT
OF
MENTAL
HEALTHAND
SUBSTANCE
ABUSE
SERVICES;
2.
THEBOARD
OFDIRECTORS
FORTHEOKLAHOMADEPARTMENT
OF
MENTAL
HEALTH
AND
SUBSTANCE
ABUSE
SERVICES,
3.TERRYWHITE,individuallyandasthe
Commissionerand
Chief
ExecutiveOfficer
of
theOklahomaDepartment
Of
MentalHealth
And
SubstanceAbuse
Services,
4.DURANDCROSBY,individuallyandasthe
ChiefOperatingOfficer
of
theOklalioma
Department
Of
MentalHealthAndSubstance
Abuse
Services;
5.CRATUS
DEWAYNE
MOORE,individually
and
astheGeneralCounsel
of
Oklahoma
Department
of
MentalHealthandSubstance
Abuse
Service;and
6.ELLENBUETTNER,individuallyandasthe
Director,
Human
Resources
Management,
HumanResourcesDevelopmentforthe
OklahomaDepartment
Of
MentalHealthAnd
Substance
Abuse
Services.
DEFENDANTS
75.
JUL30ZOH
TIMRHODES
COURTCLERK
CASE
NO.CJ-2014-
CJ-
20M-4328
JURY
TRIAL
DEMANDED
ATTORNEY S
LIEN
CLAIMED
PETITION
COMESNOW,MichaelDeLongforhiscause
of
actionagainsttheDefendants,theState
of
OklahomaexreltheOklahomaDepartment
of
MentalHealthandSubstanceAbuseServices;theBoard
of
DirectorsfortheOklahomaDepartment
of
MentalHealthandSubstanceAbuse
Services;Cratus
DewayneMoore,
individually,asanemployeeofOklahomaDepartmentof
MentalHealthandSubstanceAbuseServices;EllenBuettner,individually,asanemployeeofOklahomaDepartment
of
MentalHealthandSubstanceAbuseServices;andTerryWhite,
individually,asanemployee
of
OklahomaDepartment
of
MentalHealthandSubstanceAbuse
Servicesandherebyalleges,andstatesasfollows:
JURISDICTION
AND
VENUE
1.Plaintiff,MichaelDeLongisacitizen
of
Oklahomaandaresident
of
CanadianCounty.
2.DefendanttheOklahomaDepartment
of
MentalHealthandSubstanceAbuseServices
(hereinafter Department or ODMHSAS )isanagency
of
theState
of
Oklahomaandit
ischargedwiththeresponsibility
of
regulatingproviders
of
servicestothementallyill,or
thosesufferingfromdrugandalcoholabuse.43AO.S.§2-101,etseq.
3.Defendant,theBoard
of
MentalHealthandSubstanceAbuseServices,isthegoverningboardforODMHSAS.43AO.S.§2-101(A)(2).
4.The
Chief
ExecutiveOfficer
of
the
ODMHSAS
shall
betheCommissioner
of
Mental
Health
and
Substance
Abuse
Services.
43A
O.S.§2-101(A)(2).
5.TheODMHSASischargedwithinvestigatinganyclaimsofanindividualbeing
wrongfullydeprived
of
liberty,oriscruelly,negligentlyorimproperlytreated,or
inadequateprovisionismadefortheindividual'sappropriatemedicalcare,proper
supervisionandsafekeepingiftheindividualisreceivingtreatmentinafacilityoperated
by,certifiedby,orundercontractwiththeDepartment.43AO.S.§2-108(A)(2).
6.Oninformationandbelief.DefendantTerryWhiteisacitizen
of
Oklahomaandthe
CommissionerandChiefExecutiveOfficerfortheDepartment
of
MentalHealthand
Substance
Abuse
Services.
7.Oninformationandbelief,DefendantDurandCrosbyisacitizen
of
Oklahomaandthe
ChiefOperatingOfficerfortheDepartment
of
MentalHealthandSubstanceAbuse
Services.
8.Oninformationandbelief.DefendantCratusDewayneMoore,a/k/aDewayneMoore,isacitizen
of
OklahomaandtheGeneralCounselfortheDepartment
of
MentalHealthand
SubstanceAbuse
Services.
9.
On
information
and
belief.
Defendant
EllenBuettner
isa
citizen
of
Oklahomaandthe
DirectorforHumanResourcesManagement,HumanResourcesDevelopmentforthe
Department
of
MentalHealthandSubstanceAbuseServices.
10.Venueisproperinthatall
of
theactionandevents,whicharesubject
of
thisaction,
occurredinOklahomaCounty.
11.All
of
theactionsoreventsbytheDefendants,theODMHSAS,TerryWhite,Dewayne
Moore,DurandCrosbyand/orEllenBuettner,actingineithertheirindividualcapacityand/orintheircapacityasemployeesanddirectors
of
theODMHSAS,occurredeitherwhiletheDefendantswereactingunderthecolor
of
Oklahomaand/orFederallaw,and/orwhileactingundercolor
of
stateorfederallawinwhichtheyexceededtheirauthoritybutappearedtobeotherwiseactingundercolor
of
stateorfederallaw.
12.OnoraboutAugust23,2013,thePlaintiffwasterminatedasanInvestigatorwiththe
Department
of
MentalHealthandSubstanceAbuseServices.
13.Onorabout1/28/2014,thePlaintifftimelysubmittedanIntakeQuestionnaireandfileda
Charge
of
DiscriminationagainsttheDefendantthroughtheEqualEmployment
OpportunityCommission( EEOC ).
SeeExhibit1,
Intake
Questionnaire
and
Charge
of
Discrimination.