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MATTER OF REED

No. 89-263.

571 A.2d 801 (1990)

In the Matter of Michelle REED, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 16, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Taylor, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service was on the brief, for appellant.

Richard F. Gondelman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Frederick D. Cooke, Jr., Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Ann O'Regan Keary, Deputy Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and STEADMAN and FARRELL, Associate Judges.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

In the case before us, the government filed a petition for judicial hospitalization beyond the time period prescribed by the District of Columbia Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill Act, D.C.Code §§ 21-501 to —592 (1989) (the "Act" or the "Ervin Act"). The issue before us is whether the government may rely on the late-filed petition to authorize continued involuntary confinement of an assertedly mentally ill patient during...

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