Henderson Duval Houghton v. Charlotte v. Kuffner, Marlene Launderville, Michael Dotson

945 F.2d 409 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Henderson Duval HOUGHTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Charlotte V. KUFFNER, Marlene Launderville, Michael Dotson, Defendants-Appellees. No. 90-35892. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Sept. 20, 1991. * Decided Sept. 27, 1991. Before PREGERSON, BRUNETTI and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Henderson Duval Houghton, a Montana state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm. 3 Houghton has been a patient at Montana State Hospital ("MSH") since 1981, when the state district court found that he was unfit to proceed to trial by reason of serious mental defect or disorder as defined by Montana law. By court order, Houghton was committed to the MSH in May 1982. 4 On February 6, 1984, Houghton filed this section 1983 action alleging that various hospital officials violated his…