EDWARD N. SCRUGGS, Retired Circuit Judge.
Through habeas corpus proceedings, Mr. Nix, a patient, sought his release from confinement at the Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility (the facility).
After prior due notice to the patient, a hearing had been held in 1977 at which the patient and his attorney were present. A judgment was promptly rendered, which fully complied with all of the commitment requirements which had been established by Lynch v. Baxley...
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