United States Tenth Circuit

In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action concerning the conditions of plaintiff's involuntary confinement at a state hospital, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where individuals who are civilly committed are not "prisoners" within the meaning of the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/19/2009
• Published 10/19/2009

Judges

• BALDOCK, Circuit Judge., Before LUCERO, BALDOCK, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Submitted on the briefs: , Dustin J. Merryfield, Pro Se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Danny J. Baumgartner, Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, Topeka, KS, for Defendants-Appellees.