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Charles Allen Richards
v.
Mary Greeley Medical Center, City of Ames, Iowa, Ames Police Officer Spoon, Ames Police Officer O'Bryan, Lieutenant Dan Walter and City of Ames Police
Appellant
Charles Allen Richards
Appellee
Mary Greeley Medical Center, City of Ames, Iowa, Ames Police Officer Spoon, Ames Police Officer O'Bryan, Lieutenant Dan Walter and City of Ames Police
Attorney for the Appellant
Charles Richards, self-represented
Attorneys for the Appellee
Cathy S. Trent-Vilim, for Mary Greeley Medical Center
Michael C. Richards and Katie E. Gral
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Story County, Amy M. Moore, James A. McGlynn, and John J. Haney, Judges. AFFIRMED. Considered by Tabor, P.J., and Schumacher and Chicchelly, JJ. Opinion by Tabor, P.J. (2 pages)
A patient subjected to an emergency hospitalization order appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the medical center and to the police on his claims of false imprisonment and false arrest. OPINION HOLDS: Without opinion, we affirm. See Iowa R. App. P. 6.1203(a), (d).
