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DEPT. OF MENTAL HEALTH v. DOE

No. 86-302-M.P.

533 A.2d 536 (1987)

RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, RETARDATION, AND HOSPITALS v. John DOE.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

November 18, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Phee Clarke (MHRH), Cranston, for plaintiff.

Peter N. Dennehy (Mental Health Advocate), Cranston, Ruth A. Glassman, Providence, for defendant.

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This matter is before the court on the petitioner's writ of certiorari to review an order by a justice of the District Court, which order certified the hospitalization of the respondent and directed that hospitalization be provided in a designated out-of-state, private psychiatric facility.

The petitioner, the Rhode Island Department of Mental Health, Retardation, and Hospitals (MHRH), initiated an action for the involuntary...

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