Charles Allen Richards v. Mary Greeley Medical Center, City of Ames, Iowa, Ames Police Officer Spoon, Ames Police Officer O'Bryan, Lieutenant Dan Walter and City of Ames Police

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA

No. 22-0313
Filed February 8, 2023

CHARLES ALLEN RICHARDS,
Plaintiff-Appellant,

vs.

MARY GREELEY MEDICAL CENTER, CITY OF AMES, IOWA, AMES POLICE
OFFICER SPOON, AMES POLICE OFFICER O'BRYAN, LIEUTENANT DAN
WALTER and CITY OF AMES POLICE,
Defendants-Appellees.
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Story County, Amy M. Moore, James

A. McGlynn, and John J. Haney, Judges.

A patient subjected to an emergency hospitalization order appeals the

district court’s grant of summary judgment to the medical center and to the police

on his claims of false imprisonment and false arrest. AFFIRMED.

Charles Richards, Boone, self-represented appellant.

Cathy S. Trent-Vilim of Lamson Dugan & Murray LLP, Omaha, Nebraska,

for appellee.

Considered by Tabor, P.J., and Schumacher and Chicchelly, JJ.
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TABOR, Presiding Judge.

A patient subjected to an emergency hospitalization order appeals the

district court’s grant of summary judgment to the medical center and to the police

on his claims of false imprisonment and false arrest. Without opinion, we affirm

the district court’s December 15, 2021 order granting summary judgment to

defendant Mary Greeley Medical Center. Likewise, without opinion, we affirm the

district court’s October 29, 2021 order granting summary judgment to the City of

Ames on behalf of its police department and three officers named as defendants.

See Iowa R. App. P. 6.1203(a), (d).

AFFIRMED.