Pembroke Hospital v. D.L.

**347 "The right of an individual to be free from physical restraint is a paradigmatic fundamental right." Matter of E.C ., 479 Mass. 113 , 119, 92 N.E.3d 724 (2018), quoting Commonwealth v. Knapp , 441 Mass. 157 , 164, 804 N.E.2d 885 (2004). General Laws c. 123 governs involuntary civil commitment due to mental illness, and thus may curtail that freedom, but only in particular circumstances, and by way of specified procedures designed to protect due process rights. See Williams v. Steward Health Care Sys., LLC , 480 Mass. 286 , 292, 103 N.E.3d 1192 (2018), citing O'Connor v. Donaldson , 422…