In Re Brown

OPINION

HANSON, Judge

Appellant contests a district court order continuing her commitment as mentally ill. Appellant argues that the expiration of her initial commitment precluded consideration of the respondent’s late-filed report recommending continued commitment, and that the district court could not avoid that expiration by an ex parte order extending the commitment until a hearing could be held. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

In April 2000, Hennepin County filed a petition to commit appellant Lashawnda Brown to Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center (“AMRTC”) with a diagnosis of schizophrenia.…