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IN RE DETENTION OF J.R.

Nos. 18319-6-II, 18320-0-II, 19085-1-II.

912 P.2d 1062 (1996)

80 Wash.App. 947

In re the Detention of J.R. Mohebat SABETI, M.D., and Donald G. Slone, Ph.D., Appellants, v. J.R., Respondent. In re the Detention of W.B. Mohebat SABETI, M.D., and Donald G. Slone, Ph.D., Appellants, v. W.B., Respondent. In re the Detention of G.R. G.R., Appellant, v. Roger JACKSON, M.D. and George Johnston, Ph.D., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

March 22, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda A. Sullivan, Sarah Jane Coats, Asst. Attys. Gen., Olympia, for appellant.

Maureen Anne Cavanaugh, Tacoma, for respondent.

SEINFELD, Chief Judge.

Three patients at Western State Hospital, J.R., W.B., and G.R., challenge their commitments to an additional 180 days of confinement.1 Each claims the petition for commitment was defective because the psychiatrist signing it was not an "examining" psychiatrist, as that term is used in RCW 71.05.320. We conclude that a treating doctor who has made frequent, ongoing, and...

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