Legal Opinion
Goetz v. Crosson
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 12, 1990No. 88 Civ. 9134 (GLG)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOETTEL, District Judge:
This action challenges the procedures by which an individual may be involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital in Dutchess County. The plaintiff alleges that the current practices of the Dutchess County Supreme Court violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by denying the involuntary committee access to psychiatric or other expert assistance at civil commitment or retention proceedings. The plaintiff further alleges that the failure to permit the committee to assert the fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination during…
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