LINDQUIST v. BISCH

Nos. 19108, 19109.

542 N.W.2d 138 (1996)

1996 SD 4

Steven B. LINDQUIST, Administrator of the South Dakota Human Services Center, a South Dakota State Facility, Appellee, v. Jon E. BISCH, Appellant. Jon E. BISCH, Appellant, v. Steven B. LINDQUIST, Administrator of the South Dakota Human Services Center, a South Dakota State Facility, Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided January 10, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Stevens and Lucy M. Lewno of Blackburn, Stevens & Fox, Yankton, for appellee.

David M. Hosmer, Yankton, for appellant.


MILLER, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Jon E. Bisch was involuntarily committed to the South Dakota Human Services Center (Center), a state hospital for the treatment of mental illness. He appeals Circuit Judge Kathleen Caldwell's order denying a writ of habeas corpus and Circuit Judge Arthur Rusch's order to permit Center to involuntarily medicate him. We affirm.

FACTS

[¶ 2] On May 4, 1994, Bisch...

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