Legal Opinion
Hashimi v. Kalil
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 4, 1983PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
On August 19, 1981, a staff psychiatrist at Northampton State Hospital filed a petition for civil commitment in the Northampton Division of the District Court Department, 1 to commit Bruce Kalil, a patient at the hospital, for an additional one year. G. L. c. 123, §§ 7 and 8. A hearing on this petition was scheduled by the District Court judge for September 3, 1981, which was fifteen days after the filing of the petition. Neither Kalil nor anyone on his behalf had requested this date or a continuance. On September 3, Kalil orally moved to dismiss the petition. The motion was denied without…
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