NASH v. WOLLAN

No. C6-02-1453.

656 N.W.2d 585 (2003)

Barbara NASH, Appellant, HENNEPIN COUNTY, Respondent, v. Bruce WOLLAN, Respondent, Kevin GOODNO, Commissioner of Human Services, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

February 18, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Bennett Wilson III, Gayle Gaumer, Edina, MN, for appellant.

Amy Klobuchar, Hennepin County Attorney, John L. Kirwin, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent Hennepin County.

Michael Hatch, Attorney General, Kathy Meade Hebert, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, for respondent Commissioner of Human Services.

Stephen D. Radtke, Bloomington, MN, for respondent Wollan.

Considered and decided by SHUMAKER, Presiding Judge, LANSING, Judge, and MINGE, Judge.


OPINION

GORDON W. SHUMAKER, Judge.

Respondent Bruce Wollan was committed for an indeterminate period to the state security hospital in 1981 as mentally ill and dangerous and has been a patient there since that time. In December 2000, Wollan petitioned for a transfer to an open hospital, and a special review board reviewed the petition. The special review board recommended approval, and the commissioner ordered Wollan's transfer to an open hospital.

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