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VOLDEN v. KOENIG

No. 01-0433.

249 Wis.2d 284 (2001)

2001 WI App 290

638 N.W.2d 906

Kenneth A. VOLDEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Loni KOENIG, John Scholke, Mary Lautenschlaeger and Judy Siebert, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided November 14, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the brief of Kenneth A. Volden, pro se.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Carl K. Buesing of Hopp, Powell, Bauer, Donohue & Buesing of Sheboygan.

Before Nettesheim, P.J., Brown and Snyder, JJ.

¶ 1. BROWN, J.

We are asked to determine whether the patients' rights law contained in WIS. STAT. § 51.61 (1999-2000)1 applies to an individual while he or she is in the custody of the sheriff pending resolution of an involuntary commitment hearing. We determine that WIS. STAT. ch. 980 detainees are "patients" as that term is defined in § 51.61 only when they are receiving treatment...

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