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SCHLETTE v. BURDICK

No. 78-1567.

633 F.2d 920 (1980)

James Roy SCHLETTE, by Wanda Roe, Conservator of His Person, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James BURDICK et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Kemp, Sonoma, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas G. Hendricks, San Rafael, Cal., argued for defendants-appellees; Douglas J. Maloney, Thomas G. Hendricks, San Rafael, Cal., on brief.

Before GOODWIN, Circuit Judge, MARKEY, Chief Judge, and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge.

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.

James Schlette, a disabled person under a state court conservatorship, appeals from the district court's summary judgment in favor of four public officers, who, as conservators, caused or permitted his involuntary confinement at Sonoma State Hospital.

Schlette originally brought this damages action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against twenty-six individuals employed by Marin County and Sonoma State Hospital. He sued the conservators...

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