TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
In this case plaintiff presents us with a claim that the State of Florida deprived him of his constitutional right to due process of law by confining him in a hospital for the mentally ill without a judicial hearing to determine his need for hospitalization. The district court found that plaintiff failed to state a claim for which relief can be granted. We now affirm.
I.
On December 7, 1981, an unidentified citizen found Darrell...
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