KULAS v. VALDEZ

No. 96-17198.

159 F.3d 453 (1998)

Theodore Chester KULAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CSO VALDEZ; Officer Kotzin, Psychiatric Ward, Madison Street Jail; Officer Fay; Officer Lambert; Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Sgt. Medina, Corrections Officer, Psychiatric Ward at Madison Street Jail; Sgt. Ceselini; Potts; Hoffert; Osran, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore C. Kulas, Douglas, AZ, In Pro Per, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Mary C. Cronin, Deputy County Attorney, Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Phoenix, AZ, for defendants-appellees.

Before: NOONAN and TROTT, Circuit Judges, and WALLACH.


NOONAN, Circuit Judge.

Theodore Chester Kulas appeals the judgment of the district court in favor of defendants in his civil action for forced medication with antipsychotic drugs.

FACTS

Kulas was charged by the State of Arizona with crimes involving dealing in drugs. On April 22, 1993 there was a hearing in the Superior Court of Pima County before Howard Hantman, Judge Pro Tempore, as to Kulas's competency to stand trial. Kulas was represented...

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