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IN RE D.Z.

No. 20020190.

649 N.W.2d 231 (2002)

2002 ND 132

In the Interest of D.Z. Mario Castillo, M.D., and William Pryatel, M.D., Petitioners and Appellees, v. D.Z., Respondent and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

August 15, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merle Ann Torkelson, State's Attorney, Washburn, for petitioners and appellees.

D.Z., pro se, for respondent and appellant.

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] D.Z. appealed, pro se, from July 1, 2002 orders of the trial court involuntarily committing D.Z. to the North Dakota State Hospital and authorizing forced medication upon him. We hold the trial court did not err in finding that D.Z. is a mentally ill person in need of treatment and that alternative treatment to involuntary commitment at the state hospital is not appropriate. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] D.Z. was...

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