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DOBBS v. DUNCAN

Nos. 81-965, 81-1317, 81-1610 and 81-1611.

458 A.2d 719 (1983)

William H. DOBBS, Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Appellant, v. Valerie DUNCAN, Appellee. William H. DOBBS, Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Appellant, v. Allen L. LEDOUX, Appellee. William H. DOBBS, Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Appellant, v. Oscar HAYES, Jr., Appellee. William H. DOBBS, Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Appellant, v. Erick P. LEWIS, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 9, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine R. Mack, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., John A. Terry, Asst. U.S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, and Oscar Altshuler, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief, for appellant.

Elizabeth J. Branda, Public Defender Service, with whom William J. Mertens, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellees. Barbara Elkin, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellees.

Before NEBEKER, FERREN and BELSON, Associate Judges.

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

In this consolidated appeal, the Superintendent of St. Elizabeths challenges the trial courts' dismissals of four separate petitions for hospitalization filed by him pursuant to D.C.Code § 21-541(a) (1981),1 and D.C.Code § 21-582(b) (1981)2 — the hospitalization of the Mentally Ill Act (the "Ervin Act"). He contests an interpretation...

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