Leigh v. Superintendent, Augusta Mental Health Institute

[¶ 1] Leigh 1 appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Studstrup, J.) denying his application for a writ of habeas corpus. He contends that the competency hearing that precipitated his commitment to the Augusta Mental Health Institute (AMHI) was conducted without due process of law. Because we find his appeal moot, we dismiss.

I. BACKGROUND

[¶ 2] Officers arrested Leigh in September 2000, charging him with criminal trespass 2 when he refused to leave the Washington County Courthouse at closing. Prior to this arrest, officers had arrested him on fourteen other…