Brown v. Jensen

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOHN P. MOORE, District Judge.

THIS MATTER is before me on the plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment. In her motion, plaintiff requests judgment as a matter of law that the failure of Colo.Rev.Stat. § 27-10-107 (1973) to require a mandatory hearing for persons committed under that statute at the time of certification violates due process and equal protection of the laws as guaranteed under the United States Constitution and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff further seeks a judgment that defendants’ policies and procedures concerning access by committed patients…