U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1987

Starzyk v. State of Mich.

Starzyk v. State of Mich.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · Decided April 22, 1987
816 F.2d 682; 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 5268; 1987 WL 37164 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Starzyk v. State of Mich.

Opinion

816 F.2d 682

Unpublished Disposition
NOTICE: Sixth Circuit Rule 24(c) states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Sixth Circuit.
Kenneth P. STARZYK, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
STATE OF MICHIGAN and Michigan Department of Mental
Health-Newberry Regional Mental Health Center, Alger County
Department of Social Services of Michigan, Munising, Alger
Marquette County Community Mental Health, Michigan
Rehabilitation Services, Alger County Probate Court, Alger
County Health Department, Alger County Sheriffs' Department,
Munising State Police, Michigan Department of Mental Health,
Michigan Department of Education, Alger County Prosecuting
Attorney, Defendants-Appellees,
Sacred Heart Church, Munising, Defendant.

No. 86-1773.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

April 22, 1987.

Before MERRITT and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and CONTIE, Senior Circuit Judge.

ORDER

1

This case has been referred to a panel of this Court pursuant to Rule 9(a), Rules of the Sixth Circuit. Upon examination of the briefs and records, this panel unanimously agrees that oral argument is not necessary.

2

On July 14, 1985, plaintiff filed a civil rights action in district court for the Western District of Michigan. Plaintiff sought injunctive relief and monetary damages arising from his involuntary commitment to a Michigan mental institution in April of 1963 through November of 1964. Due to the Michigan statute of limitations, plaintiff's action was dismissed as untimely by order entered July 22, 1986.

3

For the reasons set out in the district court's order of July 17, 1986, we affirm the dismissal of appellant's action. Rule 9(b), Rules of the Sixth Circuit.

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