Pryatel v. T.E.

SANDSTROM, Justice.

[¶ 1] T.E. appeals from a district court order allowing the North Dakota State Hospital to treat him involuntarily with medication until November 20, 2007. We reject T.E.’s argument that the district court’s forced medication order should be reversed because a State Hospital patient cannot be subjected to more than one 90-day medication order under N.D.C.C. § 25-03.1-18.1(3). We further conclude the court’s finding that T.E. refused medication, one of the prerequisites for issuance of a forced medication order under N.D.C.C. § 25-03.1-18.1(l)(a)(2), is not clearly…