Legal Opinion
Brown v. Farview State Hospital
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 11, 1974No. Civ. A. 74-1478PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
DITTER, District Judge.
In this civil rights action, plaintiff seeks to recover damages for alleged mistreatment while he was confined in a state hospital. Presently before the court is defendants’ motion to dismiss.
On or about November 10, 1966, plaintiff, Melvin R. Brown, was arrested by Philadelphia police officers and subsequently was indicted for rape and murder. On the recommendation of a lunacy commission, he was committed to the Farview State Hospital in Waymart, Pennsylvania, and placed under the care, custody, and control of defendants, Doctors Willis and McQuine,…
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