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BOLMER v. OLIVEIRA

Docket No. 08-4113-cv.

594 F.3d 134 (2010)

Brett BOLMER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph OLIVEIRA, M.D., Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Defendants-Appellants, Malena Sangut, Diane Dekeyser, M.D., Victoria Estaba, M.D., Donna Pellerin, M.D., Danbury Hospital, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: February 8, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emily V. Melendez, Assistant Attorney General, for Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General of the State of Connecticut, Office of the Attorney General, Hartford, CT, for Defendants-Appellants.

William Brooks, Touro Law Center, Central Islip, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Nancy B. Alisberg, Office of Protection & Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities, Hartford, CT, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Susan J. Kohlmann, Jenner & Block LLP (Danielle F. Tarantolo, on the brief), New York, NY, for Amici Curiae National Disability Rights Network, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, and Vermont Protection & Advocacy, Inc., in support of Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: McLAUGHLIN and WESLEY, Circuit Judges, and KAHN, District Judge.

McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge:

This case arises from the involuntary commitment of Brett Bolmer. He sued various individuals and entities involved in his commitment in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Arterton, J.). As relevant to this appeal, Bolmer claimed that Dr. Joseph Oliveira violated his Fourth Amendment and substantive due process rights enforceable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and falsely imprisoned him in violation of Connecticut...

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