MORAN v. BENCH

No. 6544.

353 F.2d 193 (1965)

Lucille E. MORAN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. William F. BENCH et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

December 1, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucille E. Moran, pro se.

Edward W. Brooke, Atty. Gen., and Samuel W. Gaffer, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief for appellees.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, McENTEE, Circuit Judge, and SWEENEY, District Judge.


ALDRICH, Chief Judge.

In this action for damages brought under the civil rights statutes, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985, against certain officials of the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles the district court granted summary judgment for the defendants. On plaintiff's appeal the sole question is whether her affidavit raises an issue of fact.

The underlying facts are not in dispute. Late in 1959 plaintiff was involuntarily committed, for psychiatric...

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