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THOMAS v. ESCHEN

No. 17-3385.

928 F.3d 709 (2019)

Clay Irwin THOMAS Plaintiff-Appellant v. Scott ESCHEN; Kathy Eschen; Greg Ort; Garry Keller Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 27, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Peter Nacy , HANRAHAN & NACY, Jefferson City, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Clay Irwin Thomas, Fort Madison, IA, pro se.

William Allen Hill , Assistant Attorney General, ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Des Moines, IA, for Defendants-Appellees.

LOKEN, Circuit Judge, concurs in the result.

Clay Thomas, an Iowa state prisoner, claims that prison officials violated his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights when they had him civilly committed and forcibly medicated. Because Thomas's wrongful-commitment claim "is not cognizable under [42 U.S.C.] § 1983," Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477...

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