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Davenport v. Saint Mary Hospital

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided April 28, 1986No. Civ. A. 84-4549PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff seeks relief for the alleged deprivation of her civil rights arising out of her involuntary commitment to St. Mary Hospital and the Philadelphia Psychiatric Center from April 29, 1983 to June 22, 1983. Plaintiff filed her original pro se complaint on September 21, 1984. Several of the defendants named in that complaint filed motions to dismiss. Plaintiff responded to some of those motions, then requested, and was granted, thirty days to secure an attorney to file an amended complaint on her behalf. Plaintiff was, however, unable to…

2Cases cited47 opinions

  1. Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Rick R. Ellison v. A.J. Garbarino, M.D. William M. Hogan, M.D. Stewart Bramson, M.D. Bruce Green, M.D. Peninsula Psychiatric Center, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
  2. Jerry R. Skelton v. Pri-Cor, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
  3. Vadas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
  4. Rubenstein v. Benedictine HospitalDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1992
  5. Janicsko v. PellmanDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1991

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