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WEISS v. MISSOURI DEPT. OF MENTAL HEALTH

No. 82-496C (2).

587 F.Supp. 1157 (1984)

James Jesse WEISS, Plaintiff, v. MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, Malcolm Bliss Mental Health Center, Kathleen D. Smith, Superintendent, Dr. M.T. Rajappa, Dr. Bun Tee Co, Jr., B. Steed, Odessa Long, J. Carter and D. Walker, and Unknown Nurses and Employees of Malcolm Bliss Mental Health Center, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Missouri, E.D.

March 29, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric K. Vickers, St. Louis, Mo. (appointed), for plaintiff.

JoAnn Leykam, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., Ruth A. Przybeck, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Louis, Mo., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

FILIPPINE, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court for a decision on the merits after trial to the Court.

Plaintiff brings this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that while he was a pre-trial detainee at Malcolm Bliss Health Center ("Malcolm Bliss") for the purpose of undergoing a psychiatric evaluation, he was physically restrained and forced to submit to both oral and intravenous injections of Thorazine (chlorpromazine...

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