Legal Opinion
Gordon Goines v. Valley Community Services Board
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 9, 2016No. 15-1589PublishedCited by 1,560 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by published opinion. Chief Judge TRAXLER wrote the opinion in which Judge WILKINSON and Judge NIEMEYER joined. Judge NIEMEYER wrote a separate concurring opinion.
TRAXLER, Chief Judge:
Gordon Goines went to the police station to report the theft of his cable services and ended up involuntarily detained for six days for a mental-health evaluation. Goines thereafter brought this action un*163der 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that he was unlawfully seized without probable cause in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. Goines named as…
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