JENSEN v. LANE COUNTY

No. 01-35566.

312 F.3d 1145 (2002)

Jerry Richard JENSEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LANE COUNTY; Richard Sherman, individually and in his official capacity; Peacehealth, a non-profit corporation of the State of Washington; Sacred Heart General Hospital; Douglas Putschler, Defendants, and Jeffrey M. Robbins, M.D., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 11, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela A. Harrison, Harrison & Pease, Eugene, OR, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Ruth Casby Rocker, Hoffman, Hart & Wagner, Portland, OR, for the defendant-appellee.

Before GOODWIN, GRABER, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.

This is the second appeal in Jerry Jensen's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for damages against a contract psychiatrist who signed an order authorizing the detention of Jensen for mental health evaluation pursuant to Oregon Revised Statute § 426.232.

In the first appeal, we held that Dr. Robbins was a state actor and that he was not entitled to qualified immunity, contrary to the district court's conclusions, and...

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