Legal Opinion
In Re Walker
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 29, 2004No. 97-FM-734, 98-FM-1908PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Per curiam
These consolidated appeals both involve Eleanor Walker, who was committed to Saint Elizabeths Hospital as an outpatient under the Ervin Act, D.C.Code §§ 21-501 et seq. (2001), 1 after her treating psychiatrist sought her involuntary hospitalization. Following a mental health examination, the Commission on Mental Health Services (“CMHS”) filed a petition to revoke her outpatient commitment so that she could be recommitted as an inpatient. While that petition was pending, a physician at Saint Elizabeths ordered that Ms. Walker receive involuntary injections of Haldol Decanoate. Thereafter the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- James Covington v. David W. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
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