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GILLIS v. CAMERON

No. 17803.

324 F.2d 419 (1963)

Wanda G. GILLIS, Appellant, v. Dale C. CAMERON, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 3, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward E. O'Neill, Arlington, Va. (appointed by the District Court), for appellant.

Mr. Max Frescoln, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker and Oscar Altshuler, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and BASTIAN and McGOWAN, Circuit Judges.

BAZELON, Chief Judge.

On October 7, 1958, appellant was found of unsound mind and committed to St. Elizabeths Hospital, a public mental hospital in the District of Columbia (Mental Health Case No. 1473-58). On November 23, 1958, she left the Hospital without permission and returned to her home in New York. On December 8, 1958, while she was still in New York, the Hospital recorded that appellant was discharged as "improved." Four years later, in December 1962, she...

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