DEPARTMENT OF CORR. v. OFF. OF ADMIN. HEARINGS

Docket No. B101761.

53 Cal.App.4th 780 (1997)

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS, Defendant and Respondent; DONALD ANTHONY, Real Party in Interest and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

March 20, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Peter J. Siggins, Assistant Attorney General, Darrell L. Lepkowsky and Michelle Des Jardins, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

J. Barry Schiavo, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Real Party in Interest and Appellant.

No appearance for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

STONE (S.J.), P.J.

Here we hold that an administrative law judge (ALJ) appointed pursuant to Penal Code section 2600 has the authority to order a forensic psychiatrist to assist an inmate and his attorney in an involuntary medication hearing. We reverse the order of the superior court granting California Department of Corrections' (CDC) petition for writ of mandate.

Donald Anthony appeals from an order of the San Luis...

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