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WILLACY v. LEWIS

Civ. A. No. 84-0652.

598 F.Supp. 346 (1984)

Geraldine WILLACY, Plaintiff, v. Lester Leroy LEWIS, Jr., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

June 20, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.E. Sullivan, George Harper, George A. Lahey, Hyattsville, Md., for plaintiff.

Joseph Montedonico, Washington, D.C., for defendants Lester Leroy Lewis, Jr., M.D. and Washington Hospital Center.

Robert E. Scott, Jr., Washington, D.C., for defendant Lundberg.

Richard A. Stanley, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., for defendant Shelby L. Lewis, M.D.

Linda Lazarus, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., for defendant District of Columbia.

MEMORANDUM

GESELL, District Judge.

Motions now before the Court present the question whether a private physician who detains an individual and makes application for that person's admission to a hospital pursuant to D.C.Code § 21-521, which authorizes such action if the individual's physician has reason to believe the patient is mentally ill, thereby acts "under color of state law" within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1

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