Williams v. Westbrook Psychiatric Hospital

MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a resident of Washington, D.C., brings this action for money damages in excess of $10,000 against a Virginia corporation and various medical doctors, resi dents of Virginia. The defendants are alleged to have negligently diagnosed and treated the plaintiff and to have conspired with each other to wrongfully confine the plaintiff in violation of his common law rights and his rights under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1986. Jurisdiction is attained pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332 and 28 U.S.C. § 1343. The case is presently…