Legal Opinion
In Re Feenster
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 20, 1989No. 86-985PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
Appellant asks this court to vacate a trial court order revoking his outpatient commitment at St. Elizabeths Hospital and committing him indefinitely as an inpatient. He argues that the hospitalization procedures leading up to that revocation violated the District of Columbia Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill Act (the Act), D.C.Code §§ 21-501 to 21-592 (1981 & 1988 Supp.). More specifically, appellant contends that his treatment as an involuntarily hospitalized inpatient violated the Act because he was held for ten days without a judicial hearing to determine whether…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- James Covington v. David W. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- In Re MorrisDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- United States v. EllerbeeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- In re DeLoatchDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
3Cited by11 opinions
- Matter of ReedDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Matter of PlummerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- In Re BarlowDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- Walls v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- In Re HermanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
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