Legal Opinion
Matter of Plummer
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 15, 1992No. 86-FM-1697, 87-FM-1239, 87-FM-1423, 88-FM-642 and 88-FM-1565PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Chief Judge:
In these consolidated appeals, appellant Donald Plummer, a civilly committed adult, raises several challenges to the validity of his commitment as an involuntary inpatient at Saint Elizabeths Hospital (“the Hospital”). He contends that (1) the court order revoking his earlier outpatient commitment was invalid because the Hospital failed to file a timely revocation petition after appellant was returned to the institution; (2) the revocation order was invalid because the Hospital failed to demonstrate at the revocation hearing that indefinite inpatient commitment was the…
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