United States First Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's section 1983 lawsuit, alleging that defendant-hospital violated her Constitutional rights when it involuntarily hospitalized her, is affirmed where defendant is not a state actor and not subject to suit under section 1983.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/31/2005
• Published 05/31/2005

Judges

• STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Manuel San Juan-DeMartino, with whom Law Offices of Manuel San Juan, was on brief for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Pedro J. Varela-Fernandez, with whom Reinaldo Calderon Jimenez and Law Office of Jose A. Masini Soler, were on brief for appellee CPC Hospital., Pedro R. Pierluisi, with whom Edna E. Perez Roman and O'Neill & Borges, were on brief for appellee First Option., Ana Maria Otero and Otero & Lopez, L.L.P. were on brief for appellees Bogart Esparza, Vilma Pagan, Manuel Rodriguez, and Felix Maldonado., Charles de Mier-LeBlanc and De Corral & DeMier were on brief for appellee Luis E. Canepa.