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LAPPE v. LOEFFELHOLZ

No. 85-1989.

815 F.2d 1173 (1987)

Elmer J. LAPPE, Appellant, v. Paul LOEFFELHOLZ, Dr. Wiedershine and Harlem Brady, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 1, 1987.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 25, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin C. Dolan, Student Legal Intern, Iowa City, Iowa, for appellant.

John M. Parmeter, Asst. Atty. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa, for appellees.

Before HEANEY, JOHN R. GIBSON and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 25, 1987.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Elmer J. Lappe appeals from a judgment denying his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) claim against Dr. Paul Loeffelholz and other officials of the Iowa State Prison system for forcibly injecting him with psychotropic medication. Lappe is an Iowa State Penitentiary inmate who was involuntarily committed to a mental health institute and was later allowed to return to the general...

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