Carlos M. Villanova, Sr. v. Richard S. Abrams, Kris Lall, John Doe, Eduardo MacHado Nicosia Perez, and Philip Welches

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1992-08-13

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POSNER, Circuit Judge. Twice in 1987 Carlos Villanova was civilly committed against his will to Chicago Read Mental Health Center, a state facility. Claiming that the commitment was an unreasonable seizure of his person and therefore violated his rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment and that the failure to release him within 24 hours, as required by state law, violat…

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