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 071

Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services1 O R D E R John Doe, Jane Roe, Charles Coe, and Deborah Taylor filed a putative class action that challenges 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 who experience mental health crises and seek treatment in hospital emergency rooms. The New Hampshire…