West v. MacHt

¶ 1. This appeal considers whether an involuntarily committed patient's living unit reassignment was conducted in a constitutionally permissible manner. Appealing from an order of the circuit court granting summary judgment against him, Edwin C. West argues that he was reassigned to a different living unit in retaliation for assisting other patients in filing grievances. He submitted a civil rights claim against Phil Macht, Louis Francart and Deapak Dogra, alleging that they violated his right to petition the government found in the United States and Wisconsin Constitutions and WlS. STAT. §…