Crenshaw v. Bartlett

RICHARD L. HOLMES, Retired Appellate Judge.

This is a recommitment case.

The controlling case law for the instant case has been addressed in Thomas v. State Dep’t of Mental Health & Mental Retardation, 620 So.2d 18 (Ala.Civ.App.1992). In Thomas, the applicability of Wyatt v. King, 773 F.Supp. 1508 (M.D.Ala.1991), and Lynch v. Baxley, 386 F.Supp. 378 (M.D.Ala.1974), rev’d on other grounds, 651 F.2d 387 (5th Cir.1981), to recommitment cases in Alabama was discussed.

In September 1993 the designee of the Director of Searcy Hospital filed a petition to renew the inpatient commitment of Bufford…