JOHNSON v. HUBBARD

No. 81-3249.

698 F.2d 286 (1983)

Willard E. JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ronald HUBBARD, Lewis Lindner, Kahlil Matouk, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 26, 1983.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willard E. Johnson, pro se on the brief.

Robert E. Fleming, Louisville, Ky. (Court-appointed) (argued), for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael L. Cioffi, Mike Noonan, Asst. Attys. Gen., Columbus, Ohio, for defendants-appellees.

Before KENNEDY, Circuit Judge, and SWYGERT and PECK, Senior Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 20, 1983.

JOHN W. PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

On July 7, 1975 Willard Johnson was committed to Lima State Hospital (LSH) after being convicted as a psychopathic offender. Three years later, the Ohio legislature enacted a new law requiring all individuals so committed to mental institutions to be reexamined. Ohio Rev.Code §§ 5122.11; 5122.-15. The purpose of such reexamination is to determine whether continued...

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