In re Strickland

On August 28, 1991, pursuant to the emergency admission procedures of the District of Columbia Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill Act, commonly known as the Ervin Act, D.C.Code §§ 21-521 through 21-528 (1989), appellant was involuntarily admitted to Saint Elizabeths Hospital for emergency observation and diagnosis. See D.C.Code § 21-522. The next day, August 29, the hospital filed a petition for an order authorizing appellant’s continued hospitalization, and at 11:51 a.m. that day a Superi- or Court judge granted the motion and issued the requested order. The petition was filed pursuant to…