▁the ▁Civil ▁Rights ▁Act ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 4 ▁gave ▁the ▁department ▁the ▁dis cret ion ▁to ▁wait ▁for ▁" vol unt ary ▁comp liance " ▁from ▁the ▁states . ▁C iting ▁Alexander ▁v . ▁Hol mes ▁County ▁Board ▁of ▁Education , ▁Pr att ▁ruled ▁that ▁des eg reg ation ▁was ▁to ▁occur ▁" at ▁once " ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 1 3 ▁school ▁districts , ▁mostly ▁in ▁the ▁South , ▁that ▁had ▁failed ▁to ▁des eg reg ate . ▁Pr att ▁also ▁ordered ▁the ▁with hold ing ▁of ▁federal ▁fund ing ▁from ▁school ▁districts ▁that ▁failed ▁to ▁comp ly . ▁Pr att ' s ▁decision ▁was ▁largely ▁aff ir med ▁by ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Court ▁of ▁App e als ▁for ▁the ▁District ▁of ▁Columbia ▁Circ uit , ▁although ▁it ▁set ▁a ▁ten - month ▁time frame ▁for ▁states ▁to ▁create ▁des eg reg ation ▁plans , ▁rather ▁than ▁the ▁four - month ▁time frame ▁set ▁by ▁Pr att . ▁ ▁Pr att ▁also ▁o vers aw ▁the ▁long - running ▁Evans ▁case , ▁involving ▁conditions ▁at ▁the ▁District ▁of ▁Columbia ' s ▁Forest ▁H aven ▁institution ▁in ▁La ure l , ▁Maryland , ▁a ▁home ▁for ▁persons ▁with ▁intellectual ▁and ▁development al ▁dis abilities . ▁Pr att ▁determined ▁that ▁" pat ients ' ▁constitution al ▁rights ▁to ▁ade qu ate ▁care ▁and ▁treatment ▁had ▁been ▁viol ated " ▁and ▁issued ▁an ▁order ▁setting ▁forth ▁swe eping ▁changes ▁to ▁be ▁made ▁at ▁the ▁facility , ▁including ▁the ▁movement ▁of ▁ 2 0