ORMISTON v. NELSON

No. 815, Docket 96-7750.

117 F.3d 69 (1997)

Roger P. ORMISTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dr. Caroline NELSON, Dr. S. Saladie, Dr. "John" Kay, first name being fictitious, Dr. "John" Lubell, first name being fictitious, Dr. "Mary" Polk, first name being fictitious, Dr. Beth Busser, Dr. Edward Scharfman, Dr. "John" Susco, first name being fictitious, Dr. A. Youb, Dr. "John" Klein, first name being fictitious, Dr. "Mary" Lesser, first name being fictitious, Dr. "John" Nirenberg, first name being fictitious, Dr. "John" Sakallarious, first name being fictitious, Dr. "John" Berkley, first name being fictitious, Dr. "John" Spence, first name being fictitious, Dr. Connie Reis Marica, each of said doctors/defendants having an address of Westchester County Medical Center, Grasslands Road, Valhalla, Westchester County, New York 10595; A. Fischer, police officer, J. Meyer, police officer, "John" Graf, first name being fictitious, police officer, "John" Riga, first name being fictitious, police officer, each of said police officers/defendants having an address of Town of Eastchester Police Department, 40 Mill Road, Eastchester, Westchester County, New York 10709, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Greenberg, White Plains, NY, for plaintiff-appellant.

Katharine Demgen, Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach, New York City (Charles L. Bach, Jr., on the brief), for defendant-appellee Dr. "John" Susco.

John M. Flannery, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, White Plains, NY, for defendants-appellees A. Fischer, J. Meyer, "John" Graf and "John" Riga.

Barbara D. Goldberg, Martin, Clearwater & Bell, New York City, for defendant-appellee Dr. Edward Scharfman.

Joel A. Hirschfield, Wilson, Bave, Conboy, Cozza & Couzens, White Plains, NY (Elizabeth A. Corley, on the brief), for defendant-appellee Dr. "Mary" Lesser.

Scott A. Ziluck, Assistant Attorney General of the State of New York (Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General of the State of New York, Thomas D. Hughes, Assistant Solicitor General of the State of New York, on the brief) for defendants-appellees Dr. Caroline Nelson and Dr. Soren Saladie.

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, MESKILL and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.


JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal we are asked to decide whether the accrual date for a cause of action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ("section 1983")1 claiming unconstitutional medical or psychiatric confinement is, like the accrual date for other unconstitutional confinements, the date of initial confinement, or whether medical and psychiatric confinements require application of a different rule. We hold that section...

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