Delores A. Mosher v. H. C. Saalfeld and Wesley J. Robinson

Delores A. Mosher, appearing pro se, has appealed from a summary judgment dismissing her civil rights action against H. C. Saalfeld, the Director of the Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs, and Wesley J. Robinson, a trust officer employed by the Department.

In her amended complaint appellant sought actual and punitive damages from appellees, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , alleging that they conspired to and did deprive her of property without due process of law by forcibly entering her house while she was at work, removing personal property, locking her out of the house by changing the locks, and posting the house with “No Trespass” signs. The case was referred to a United States Magistrate for trial. After extensive discovery, appellees moved for summary judgment. The magistrate recommended that the motion be granted. Following objections by appellant, the district judge made a de novo review of the portions of the proposed findings and recommendations to which objection had been made. Summary judgment was then entered dismissing the action. We affirm.

Factual Background

On June 23, 1969, the Veterans Administration found James L. Bury, a veteran, “incompetent to properly…