Case Name: John F. Graham
Court: United States Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1972-10-20
Citations: 199 Ct. Cl. 1011
Docket Number: No. 207-72
Parties: John F. Graham
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 199
Pages: 1011–1011

Head Matter:
No. 207-72.
October 20, 1972
John F. Graham

Opinion:
Plaintiff seeks damages, claiming that he was deprived of his good reputation and employability when he was unlawfully committed on January 4,1966 to St. Elizabeths Hospital, a federal hospital for the insane, by a judge of the District of Columbia General Sessions Court; plaintiff was discharged from the hospital on May 23,1966. This case comes before the court on defendant's motion to dismiss the petition for lack of jurisdiction. Upon consideration thereof, together with the opposition thereto, without oral argument, the court concludes that plaintiff's petition asserts a claim sounding in tort and therefore it fails to state a claim within the jurisdiction of this court. (See Jarosz v. United States, 179 Ct. Cl. 927 (1967), and Minnick v. United States, 177 Ct. Cl. 1098 (1966)). On October 20, 1972, by order, the court granted defendant's motion and dismissed the petition. Plaintiff's petition for writ of certiorari was denied March 19, 1973.