Robert A. McAuliffe v. Adolf G. Carlson, Commissioner of Finance and Control of the State Ofconnecticut

GURFEIN, Circuit Judge:

This action was originally brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and its jurisdictional counterpart, 28 U.S.C. § 1343, seeking declaratory relief holding certain Connecticut statutes unconstitutional and ordering moneys taken from the plaintiff-appellee, Robert McAuliffe, to be returned to him. McAuliffe was hospitalized in Connecticut mental health facilities after having been convicted of the crime of breaking and entering. Pursuant to two Connecticut statutes, the defendant-appellant, Connecticut’s Commissioner of Finance and Control, obtained two sets of funds…