Legal Opinion
George Hedges v. George Randy Poletis
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 3, 1999No. 98-3389PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NANGLE, Senior District Judge.
George Hedges appeals the district court’s 2 grant of summary judgment to appellee George Randy Poletis wherein the court held that Poletis is entitled to qualified immunity for his role in the civil commitment of Mr. Hedges. We affirm.
1. BACKGROUND
George Hedges, a 52 year old homosexual male and resident of Lake Lotawana, Missouri, was involuntarily committed to a mental institution on August 18, 1995, in part due to the involvement of the Lake Lotawana chief of police, George Poletis. At the time, Hedges and his neighbors, James and Dorothy Snodgrass, were…
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