Legal Opinion

Wiggins v. Louisiana State University-Health Care Services Division

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided October 6, 2017No. 17-30033 Summary CalendarUnpublishedCited by 103 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM: *

Plaintiff-Appellant Gloria Wiggins appeals pro se the district court’s grant of Defendant-Appellee Louisiana State University, Healthcare Services Division’s (“LSU-HCSD”) Motion to Dismiss. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This case arises out of a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action filed by Wiggins against LSU-HCSD. In her complaint, she alleges that at some point between 1960 and 2002, 1 her mother received electrocon-vulsive therapy (“ECT”) administered at Lafayette Charity Hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana without her consent and without…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Leslie Wayne Yohey v. James A. Collins, Director Department of Criminal Justice Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
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  3. United States Ex Rel. Willard v. Humana Health Plan of Texas Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
  4. Raj v. Louisiana State UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2013
  5. Bazrowx v. ScottCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998

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