Jensen v. Lane County

312 F.3d 1145 Jerry Richard JENSEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LANE COUNTY; Richard Sherman, individually and in his official capacity; Peacehealth, a non-profit corporation of the State of Washington; Sacred Heart General Hospital; Douglas Putschler, Defendants, and Jeffrey M. Robbins, M.D., Defendant-Appellee. No. 01-35566. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted September 10, 2002. Filed December 11, 2002. Pamela A. Harrison, Harrison & Pease, Eugene, OR, for the plaintiff-appellant. Ruth Casby Rocker, Hoffman, Hart & Wagner, Portland, OR, for the defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon; John P. Cooney, Magistrate Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-96-06101-CO. Before GOODWIN, GRABER, and FISHER, Circuit Judges. OPINION GOODWIN, Circuit Judge. 1 This is the second appeal in Jerry Jensen's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for damages against a contract psychiatrist who signed an order authorizing the detention of Jensen for mental health evaluation pursuant to Oregon Revised Statute § 426.232. 2 In the first appeal, we held that Dr. Robbins was a state actor and that he was not entitled to qualified…