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WILLIAMS v. ROBINSON

No. 23763.

432 F.2d 637 (1970)

Donald WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. Luther D. ROBINSON, Acting Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Order Filed June 15, 1970.

Opinion Issued June 19, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert N. Sayler, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Herbert M. Silverberg, Washington, D. C., was on the motion, for appellant.

Mr. Broughton M. Earnest, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the motion, for appellee.

Mr. Charles R. Halpern, Washington, D. C., filed a brief for the Medical Committee for Human Rights and Israel Zwerling, M.D., Ph.D., as amici curiae, urging reversal.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

On Appellant's Motion for Summary Reversal and Appellee's Motion for Remand

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

We are presented in this case with important questions regarding the scope and procedures for judicial review of administrative decisions made by Saint Elizabeths Hospital. According to appellant's hospital records, in July of 1969 he was considered an admirable patient and was looking forward to an early release. On August 7, however, he was reported absent...

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