Ventura Cty. Public Health v. Adalberto M.

Opinion

YEGAN, Acting P. J.

Adalberto M. appeals from the trial court’s orders enforcing and extending a civil order of detention for tuberculosis treatment issued against him by the Public Health Officer of Ventura County requiring that he be detained while he completes a course of treatment for tuberculosis. (Health & Saf. Code, §§ 121365, subd. (d), 121366.) He contends the orders are “void” because the trial court deprived him of due process and equal protection by (1) failing to appoint counsel to represent him before an initial hearing, and (2) failing to require a unanimous jury verdict…