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-LM Opinion No.

2023 DNH 020

P Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services O R D E R Four individual plaintiffs brought a putative class action against the Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, challenging the Commissioner’s practice of boarding individuals experiencing mental health crises in hospital emergency rooms without timely probable cause hearings. A group of New Hampshire hospitals (“Hospitals”) intervened in the action to…