Legal Opinion
John Doe v. Charles W. Gaughan
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 30, 1986No. 85-1844PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from a decision of the district court holding that the confinement, under civil commitment, of the two mentally ill appellants to Bridgewater State Hospital, a facility of the Massachusetts Department of Correction, did not violate their constitutional rights. Doe by Roe v. Gaughan, 617 F.Supp. 1477 (D.Mass.1985).
Appellant John Doe, a chronic schizophrenic, presently resides at Bridgewater State Hospital pursuant to a civil commitment by a Massachusetts state court. Appellant Christopher Hansen, diagnosed as manic depressive, was admitted to…
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