In Re the Commitment of Roberts

OPINION

BAKER, Judge

Appellant-respondent Stephen Roberts appeals his involuntary commitment to a mental health facility. Specifically, he claims that he was denied due process, as guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States and the Indiana Constitution, when the trial court called witnesses provided by the appellee-petitioner and questioned those witnesses.

FACTS

Roberts came to the attention of Park Center, the mental health facility where he was temporarily committed, when he was brought in by police and the Secret Service after allegedly making threats against the President of the…