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JOHNSON v. SILVERS

No. 83-6434.

742 F.2d 823 (1984)

Robert Clifton JOHNSON, Jr., Appellant, v. Dr. Stuart SILVERS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 28, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Anderson, Minneapolis, Minn. (Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., on brief), for appellant.

Varda N. Fink, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore, Md. (Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Judith K. Sykes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, Md., C. Frederick Ryland, Sp. Atty., Washington, D.C., Clifton T. Perkins Hospital, on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, WIDENER and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.

JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Robert Clifton Johnson, Jr., an involuntarily-committed patient in a mental institution, appeals the district court's dismissal of his pro se suit filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Johnson sued Dr. Stuart Silvers, apparently a physician at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, Jessup, Maryland, alleging that he had been forced to take antipsychotic medication. For the reasons set forth below, we vacate the decision of the...

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