WEST v. MACHT

No. 99-1710.

237 Wis.2d 265 (2000)

2000 WI App 134

614 N.W.2d 34

Edwin C. WEST, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Phil MACHT, Louis Francart, and Deapak Dogra, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided March 22, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the brief of Edwin C. West, pro se.

On behalf of the defendants-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Jody J. Schmelzer, assistant attorney general, and James E. Doyle, attorney general.

Before Brown, P.J., Nettesheim and Anderson, JJ.


¶ 1. ANDERSON, J.

This appeal considers whether an involuntarily committed patient's living unit reassignment was conducted in a constitutionally permissible manner. Appealing from an order of the circuit court granting summary judgment against him, Edwin C. West argues that he was reassigned to a different living unit in retaliation for assisting other patients in filing grievances. He submitted a civil rights claim against Phil Macht, Louis Francart and Deapak...

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