People in Interest of Schmidt

METZGER, Judge.

The People appeal from the trial court’s order dismissing the petition for emergency short-term certification, brought by staff members of the Fort Logan Mental Health Center (FLMHC), seeking an order for the involuntary administration of medications to respondent, Karl Schmidt. We affirm.

The respondent was first certified for short-term treatment at FLMHC on December 30, 1983, after a 72-hour mental health hold showed that he exhibited symptoms of a serious paranoid-type disturbance characterized by his belief that he was being bombarded by microwaves. On February 1, 1984, the…