In Re: Involuntary Hospitalization of T.O.

LOUGHRY, Chief Justice:

The petitioner, T.O., 1 appeals from the January 4, 2016, order through which the Circuit Court of Kanawha County denied her petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The circuit court found her request for habeas corpus relief was mooted by her release from a mental health facility following an involuntary hospitalization for examination. Raising constitutional arguments that were not asserted in her habeas petition filed below, the petitioner asserts on appeal that the mental health commitment process under West Virginia Code §§ 27-5-1 to -11 (2013) is unconstitutionally…