Miofsky v. Superior Court of State of California

703 F.2d 332 William Eugene MIOFSKY, Appellant, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF the STATE OF CALIFORNIA, In and For the COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO; Elmer Galioni, M.D.; Bruce Kaldor, M.D.; and Alfred French, M.D., Appellees. No. 80-4589. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 13, 1982. Decided Jan. 3, 1983. James R. Kirby, II, Sacramento, Cal., argued, for appellant; John F. Mounier, Jr. and Denise Jarman Fischer, Hansen, Boyd, Culhane & Mounier, Sacramento, Cal., on the brief. Robert B. Fien, Sacramento, Cal., argued, for appellee; Dennis Westerberg, Mills & Westerberg, Sacramento, Cal., on the brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before WISDOM, * MERRILL and NORRIS, Circuit Judges. NORRIS, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellant, William Eugene Miofsky, brought this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 against the Superior Court of the State of California and three medical doctors who had conducted a psychiatric examination of Miofsky pursuant to court order. Miofsky sought a federal court injunction restraining discovery proceedings in state tort litigation that he claims would violate rights protected…