In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Anthony Blake Swope
Supreme Court of Minnesota
A patient who has been civilly committed as mentally ill under Minnesota Statutes chapter 253B, is entitled to the assistance of the patient’s court-appointed counsel in extraordinary writ proceedings to enforce the patient’s right to priority admission to a state-operated treatment program under section 253B.10, subdivision 1(b), and the county of financial responsibility must pay court-appointed counsel a reasonable sum for counsel’s work in connection with those…
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A patient who has been civilly committed as mentally ill under Minnesota Statutes chapter 253B, is entitled to the assistance of the patient’s court-appointed counsel in extraordinary writ proceedings to enforce the patient’s right to priority admission to a state-operated treatment program under section 253B.10, subdivision 1(b), and the county of financial responsibility must pay court-appointed counsel a reasonable sum for counsel’s work in connection with those proceedings. Reversed.
1Opinion of the Court
STATE OF MINNESOTA IN SUPREME COURT A24-0128 Court of Appeals Gaïtas, J. Concurring, McKeig, Moore, III, Hennesy JJ. Took no part, Procaccini, J. In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Anthony Blake Swope. Filed: October 8, 2025 Office of Appellate Courts ________________________ Mallory K. Stoll, Blahnik, Prchal & Stoll, PLLC, Prior Lake, Minnesota, for appellant Jaspers, Moriarty & Wetherille, P.A. Ronald Hocevar, Scott County Attorney, Elisabeth M. Johnson, Assistant County Attorney, Shakopee, Minnesota, for respondent Scott County. ________________________ SYLLABUS A patient who has…
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- Latourell v. DempseySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1994
- In re the Civil Commitment of NavratilCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2011
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