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SANDERLIN v. UNITED STATES

No. 85-5668.

794 F.2d 727 (1986)

Thomas L. SANDERLIN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurie Davis, with whom James Klein, Mark S. Carlin, and Harry J. Fulton, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellant.

Daniel S. Seikaly, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell and John C. Martin, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before MIKVA and SILBERMAN, Circuit Judges, and McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

Involuntary commitment to a psychiatric hospital is one of the most serious restrictions a state may impose on a person's liberty. This case involves the procedural steps that the government must follow before depriving a recently acquitted criminal defendant of his freedom. Appellant Thomas Sanderlin was tried for committing...

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