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MATTER OF HOLMES

No. 79-335.

422 A.2d 969 (1980)

In the Matter of Sarah R. HOLMES, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 6, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen H. Glickman, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., for appellant. Silas J. Wasserstrom, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellant. Kenneth J. Burchfiel, Washington, D.C., filed a brief.

Nathan I. Finkelstein, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before KELLY, FERREN and PRYOR, Associate Judges.

KELLY, Associate Judge:

Appellant contests her involuntary civil commitment to St. Elizabeths Hospital under the District of Columbia Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill Act, D.C. Code 1973, §§ 21-501 to -592 (Ervin Act). She alleges numerous errors which, we conclude, are not meritorious on this record; consequently, we affirm.

Appellant had been a voluntary or involuntary patient at St. Elizabeths since 1977, except for brief periods of release...

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