Doe v. NH Department of Health and Human Services, Commissioner

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE John Doe, et al. v. Civil No. 18-cv-1039-JD Opinion No.

2020 DNH 073

Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, et al. O R D E R The individual plaintiffs filed a putative class action that challenges policies and practices used by the Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (“the Commissioner”) and four New Hampshire hospitals to involuntarily detain individuals on an emergency basis who experience mental health crises and seek treatment in hospital emergency rooms. The…