SEBASTIAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 75-1639.

531 F.2d 900 (1976)

Neal SEBASTIAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 8, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal Sebastian, filed briefs pro se.

W. H. Dillahunty, U. S. Atty., and Fletcher Jackson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Little Rock, Ark., filed brief for the U. S.

John Wesley Hall, Jr., and Tom Tanner, Deputy Pros. Attys., Little Rock, Ark., for Hickman, Munson, Skokos, Love, Terry and Riggenbach; John M. Bilheimer, Little Rock, Ark., for Scholle; Alston Jennings, Little Rock, Ark., for Sundermann; filed joint brief for appellees.

Before HEANEY, BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Neal Sebastian appeals from a final judgment in favor of all of the defendants on his civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985 and 1986. He sought damages for alleged deprivations of his civil rights arising out of his allegedly unlawful commitment to and confinement in a mental hospital. We affirm.

On July 23, 1973, the appellant's wife visited an Arkansas legal aid office seeking advice relative to...

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