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MATTER OF COMMITMENT OF W.C.

No. CA 96 0777.

685 So.2d 634 (1996)

In the Matter of the COMMITMENT OF W. C.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 20, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Horrell, Baton Rouge, for petitioner/appellee, Department of Health & Hospitals.

Mr. Joseph Seyler, Jackson, for respondent/appellant, W.C.

Before WHIPPLE, PITCHER and FITZSIMMONS, JJ.

WHIPPLE, Judge.

This is an appeal by respondent, W.C., from a trial court judgment, judicially committing him to the East Louisiana State Hospital. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On February 28, 1996, Dr. Denise Graham, director of the East Louisiana State Hospital, filed a petition for judicial commitment of W.C. on the basis that he was gravely disabled. Prior...

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