MEYER v. BOARD OF COUNTY COM'RS HARPER COUNTY, OK.

No. 04-6106.

482 F.3d 1232 (2007)

Deborah S. MEYER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF HARPER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; Shawn Stoddard, individually and in his official capacity as a deputy sheriff for Harper County, Oklahoma; Josh Snider, individually and in his official capacity as a deputy sheriff for Harper County, Oklahoma; Tommy Painter, individually and in his official capacity as a deputy sheriff for Harper County, Oklahoma; Mark Erwin, individually; Beth Snell, individually, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 16, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phyllis L. Walta, Walta & Walta, Hennessey, OK, (Harold W. Jordan, Moore, OK, with her on the briefs), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jodi S. Casey, Collins, Zorn & Wagner, P.C., Oklahoma City, OK, and Maurice G. Woods, II, McAtee & Woods, Oklahoma City, OK, (Jerome S. Sepkowitz, Derryberrry, Quigley, Solomon & Naifeh, P.A., Oklahoma City, OK, and Jason C. Wagner, Collins, Zorn & Wagner, P.C., with them on the briefs), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before KELLY, HOLLOWAY and McCONNELL, Circuit Judges.


HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

I

Introduction

Plaintiff/appellant Deborah Meyer was involuntarily committed over a weekend to Oklahoma's Western State Psychiatric Center, an in-patient facility for treatment of the mentally ill and a part of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health. Ms. Meyer brought an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, with pendent state law claims, against various officials and two private citizens who were involved in the...

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