IN RE HANNA

No. 83-224.

484 A.2d 537 (1984)

In re John Wesley HANNA.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward E. Schwab, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., with whom Inez Smith Reid, Corp. Counsel, John H. Suda, Principal Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the briefs, for the District of Columbia.

Bruce B. Vignery, Neighborhood Legal Services Program, Washington, D.C., filed a brief for appellee Lillie McCord.

John J. Connelly, Washington, D.C., Information Center for Handicapped Individuals, Inc., for appellee John Wesley Hanna.

Joan L. Goldfrank, Staff Attorney, Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D.C., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for intervenor.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, and FERREN, Associate Judge, and GALLAGHER, Associate Judge, Retired.


PER CURIAM:

John Wesley Hanna was committed to St. Elizabeths Hospital (Hospital) in 1972 pursuant to D.C.Code § 21-501 et seq. (1981) (Ervin Act). While considering a petition for Hanna's commitment to another institution as a mentally retarded person pursuant to id. § 6-1901 et seq. (Retarded Citizens Act), the court ordered his discharge based upon the Hospital's assessment that he was not...

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