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IN RE ALEXANDER

Mental Health Nos. 280-71, 284-71.

336 F.Supp. 1305 (1972)

In re Magnolia ALEXANDER. In re Andrew ALDAMA.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

January 18, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Moore, Jane Lamb, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., for respondents.

Lester B. Seidel, Asst. U. S. Atty., for petitioner.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

FLANNERY, District Judge.

Andrew Aldama and Magnolia Alexander, two patients currently awaiting final court action on a petition asking that they be involuntarily committed under the provisions of the Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill Act1 have moved to dismiss those petitions on the grounds that the statute under which they are brought is unconstitutionally vague. Specifically, these patients argue that...

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