Wheeler v. American University

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GIANNA WHEELER, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 20-cv-02735 (CRC) AMERICAN UNIVERSITY et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION University administrators and campus police face few harder tasks than responding to a student experiencing a mental-health crisis. The paramount challenge is assessing whether the student poses a danger to herself or other members of the school community. If imminent harm is likely, the law permits police to seize the student involuntarily for an emergency medical evaluation. But these intrusive mental-health seizures…