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DEMARCO v. SADIKER

No. 93-CV-5938 (ARR).

952 F.Supp. 134 (1996)

Brian DEMARCO, Plaintiff, v. S. SADIKER, M.D., personally, Edgar Paizin, M.D., personally, S. Singh Ohson, M.D., personally, John P. Iafrete, M.D., in his official capacity as Executive Director of Pilgrim Psychiatric Center, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

September 25, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Brooks, William P. Coyle, Mental Disability Law Clinic, Huntington, NY, for plaintiff.

Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General, State of New York (Patricia Hingerton, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), Hauppauge, NY, for defendants Paiz, Ohson and Iafrate.

Owen B. Walsh, Nassau County Attorney (William Riccio, Deputy County Attorney, of counsel), Mineola, NY, for defendant Sadiker.

OPINION AND ORDER

ROSS, District Judge:

Plaintiff has brought a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law claims of false imprisonment as a result of his involuntary confinement at the Pilgrim Psychiatric Center. Plaintiff alleges that defendants violated his right to substantive due process by confining him involuntarily even though he was not a danger to himself or others. Plaintiff also alleges that defendants violated his right...

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