Legal Opinion
Willard E. Johnson v. Ronald Hubbard, Lewis Lindner, Kahlil Matouk
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 20, 1983No. 81-3249PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN W. PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.
On July 7,1975 Willard Johnson was committed to Lima State Hospital (LSH) after being convicted as a psychopathic offender. Three years later, the Ohio legislature enacted a new law requiring all individuals so committed to mental institutions to be reexamined. Ohio Rev.Code §§ 5122.11; 5122.-15. The purpose of such reexamination is to determine whether continued mental care is needed.
*288In August, 1980, despite preliminary indications that his psychiatrists thought he needed additional medical treatment, Johnson was found no longer to require treatment and the…
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