Legal Opinion
Bension v. Meredith
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 14, 1978No. Civ. A. 78-310PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GESELL, District Judge.
While detained involuntarily at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Moses Bension, of unknown address and citizenship, petitioned this Court for a writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that the so-called Federal Reserva tion Act, D.C.Code §§ 21-901 to -909 (1973), under which he was originally detained, is unconstitutionally vague and overbroad and that its application had denied him the equal protection of the laws. The Act authorizes in certain instances the temporary commitment of mentally ill persons found on federal reservations within named counties of…
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