DILMORE v. STUBBS

No. 78-3823.

636 F.2d 966 (1981)

David DILMORE, as the Representative of Ernest Dilmore, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James C. STUBBS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

February 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stella L. Terrell, Miss. Mental Health Project, Jackson, Miss., Neal Dudovitz, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

James P. Brantley, Dept. Atty., Whitfield, Miss., Wise, Carter, Child, Steen & Caraway, J. Leray McNamara, Jimmie B. Reynolds, Jackson, Miss., for Bell and Pace.

Before THORNBERRY, RANDALL and TATE, Circuit Judges.


THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

Ernest Dilmore filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking redress for damages that he allegedly suffered as a result of his confinement from March 17, 1977, through April 3, 1977, in the Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield. Dilmore sought money damages and declaratory and injunctive relief against four defendants, all employed by the State of Mississippi at Whitfield. The defendants included the Administrative...

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