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NEW MEXICO DEPT. OF HEALTH v. COMPTON

No. 26,419.

34 P.3d 593 (2001)

131 N.M. 204

2001-NMSC-032

NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Fred COMPTON, Respondent-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

October 16, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Protection and Advocacy System, Inc., Michael C. Parks, V. Colleen Miller, Sandra L. Gomez, Albuquerque, NM, for Petitioner.

New Mexico Department of Health, Beth W. Schaefer, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Respondent.

OPINION

SERNA, Chief Justice.

{1} Respondent-Petitioner Fred Compton seeks review of an opinion of the Court of Appeals, arguing that the New Mexico Department of Health (the Department) failed to provide him with a civil commitment hearing within the time limits mandated by NMSA 1978, § 43-1-11(A) (1989) and NMSA 1978, § 43-1-15(B) (1993, prior to 1999 amendment). Compton requests that this Court hold that the statutory time periods should...

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