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HALL v. QUILLEN

No. 78-1412.

631 F.2d 1154 (1980)

John Calvin HALL, Appellant, v. Clendenin G. QUILLEN, and William L. Griggs, M. D. and Alice Shelton, Gate City, Virginia, administratrix of the estate of Albert Mack Shelton, deceased, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 17, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald L. Gray, Clintwood, Va., for appellant.

William W. Eskridge, Abington, Va. (Penn, Stuart, Eskridge & Jones, Abington, Va., on brief), Frederick W. Adkins, Norton, Va. (Cline, McAfee, Adkins & Glinnenwater, Norton, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER, RUSSELL and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

This is a § 1983, 42 U.S.C., action against the judge who heard and issued an order for the plaintiff's involuntary commitment to the Southwestern State Hospital (Virginia), the physician who, under court appointment, examined him, in connection with the disposition of such proceedings, and the attorney who represented him in those proceedings. The district court, in a carefully considered opinion, dismissed the action against all...

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