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PLOOF v. BROOKS

Civ. A. No. 6215.

342 F.Supp. 999 (1972)

Lawrence PLOOF, b.n.f. Albert Ploof v. Dr. George BROOKS, Superintendent, Vermont State Hospital, Dr. Claire O'Shea, Staff Psychiatrist, Vermont State Hospital.

United States District Court, D. Vermont.

March 30, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Dooley, III, Vermont Legal Aid, Burlington, Vt., for plaintiff.

William Keefe, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Vermont, Montpelier, Vt., for defendants.

FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND JUDGMENT

HOLDEN, Chief Judge.

This action was instituted in behalf of the plaintiff, a minor, by his father. He seeks declaratory and injunctive relief with compensatory damages arising from his confinement as a patient in a ward known as Osgood III at the Vermont State Hospital at Waterbury during October 1970. The defendant Brooks is the superintendent of the state hospital. The defendant O'Shea is a staff psychiatrist...

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