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LEIGH v. SUPERINTENDENT, AUGUSTA MEN. HLTH.

817 A.2d 881 (2003)

2003 ME 22

LEIGH v. SUPERINTENDENT, AUGUSTA MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: February 28, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Joyce (orally), Augusta, for plaintiff.

G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, Charles K. Leadbetter, State Solicitor (orally), Katherine Greason, Asst. Attorney General, Robert M. Laskey, Asst. Attorney General, Augusta, for defendant.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, CALKINS, and LEVY, JJ.

DANA, J.

[¶ 1] Leigh1 appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Studstrup, J.) denying his application for a writ of habeas corpus. He contends that the competency hearing that precipitated his commitment to the Augusta Mental Health Institute (AMHI) was conducted without due process of law. Because we find his appeal moot, we dismiss.

I. BACKGROUND

[¶ 2] Officers arrested...

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