Charles Anderson v. Yellow Medicine Cty.

Charles Anderson sued Chief Deputy Sheriff Richard Blackwelder (the Deputy Sheriff), Yellow Medicine County (the County) and Southwestern Minnesota Mental Health Center, Inc. (the Clinic) in Minnesota state court after the Clinic told the Deputy Sheriff that Anderson was suicidal and the Deputy Sheriff forcibly escorted Anderson to the state hospital. Anderson claims assault, battery, excessive use of force, breach of privacy, defamation and violation of federal rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Because Anderson’s § 1983 claim presents a question of federal law, the Deputy Sheriff and the County…