In the Matter of B.B., Alleged to Be Seriously Mentally Impaired, B.B.

I agree that if we reach the merits, the district court’s order should be affirmed. However, I would dismiss the appeal as moot.

The majority seemingly holds that an appeal from a civil commitment order, where the appellant has been released, should only be dismissed as moot if there have been “a series of recent, successive involuntary commitments that were either not appealed or upheld on appeal.” I think this standard opens the door to too many future appeals of commitment orders where nothing tangible is at stake. I am not in favor of using our judiciary’s limited resources in this fashion.