Legal Opinion
Matter of Reed
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 16, 1990No. 89-263PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
In the case before us, the government filed a petition for judicial hospitalization beyond the time period prescribed by the District of Columbia Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill Act, D.C.Code §§ 21-501 to -592 (1989) (the “Act” or the “Ervin Act”). The issue before us is whether the government may rely on the late-filed petition to authorize continued involuntary confinement of an assertedly mentally ill patient during the pendency of the petition proceedings. We hold that it may not.
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Appellant Michelle Reed was involuntarily taken into custody and admitted to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- James Covington v. David W. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- In Re MorrisDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- In the Matter of LomaxDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- United States v. EllerbeeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Williams v. MeredithDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Matter of HermanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- In re StricklandDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
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