IN RE BARNARD

No. 71-1997.

455 F.2d 1370 (1971)

In re Johnnie BARNARD, Patient.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 23, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert J. Golten, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. James F. Flanagan, Asst. U. S. Atty., for appellee. Mr. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., and Messrs. John A. Terry and Lester B. Seidel, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the pleadings for appellee.

Before WRIGHT, ROBINSON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This case came before this court on motions by both parties for summary disposition and appellant's request for oral argument and expedited consideration. We granted the latter requests because the legality of the continued involuntary detention of appellant Johnnie Barnard was in question. At issue is the correctness of an order issued by the District Court on November 30, 1971, which held that appellant was...

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