State v. M. A.

In this civil commitment case, appellant seeks reversal of the trial court’s judgment, which committed him to the Oregon Health Authority, pursuant to ORS 426.130(l)(a)(C), on the ground that he suffered from a mental disorder that caused him to be a danger to himself and others and rendered him unable to provide for his basic personal needs. We reverse.

When reviewing a challenge to a civil commitment judgment, unless we exercise our discretion to review the matter de novo, “‘we view the evidence, as supplemented and buttressed by permissible derivative inferences, in the light most favorable…