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IN RE DOW

No. 94-FM-505.

663 A.2d 1214 (1995)

In re Jeanette DOW, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided: June 19, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick T. Hand, Washington, DC, filed a brief, for appellant.

Garland Pinkston, Jr., Acting Corporation Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Janet L. Maher, Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Robin R. Smith, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Washington, DC, filed a brief, for appellee District of Columbia.

Before FERREN, STEADMAN, and SCHWELB, Associate Judges.

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

Jeanette Dow appeals from an order of the trial court denying without a hearing her petition for an order directing her release from St. Elizabeths Hospital, to which she had been civilly committed. She contends that she was entitled to a hearing pursuant to the provisions of D.C.Code § 21-546(a) (1989). We affirm.

Section 21-546(a) provides in substance that a civil committee may petition the court for an order directing [her...

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