DAVIS v. SETTLE

No. S-01-1214.

665 N.W.2d 6 (2003)

266 Neb. 232

Guy DAVIS, Appellant, v. Dean SETTLE, Executive Director, Lancaster County Community Mental Health Center, and Kim Etherton, Program Supervisor, Crisis Enter, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

July 3, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis R. Keefe, Lancaster County Public Defender, Dorothy A. Walker, and John C. Jorgensen, Senior Certified Law Student, for appellant.

Gary E. Lacey, Lancaster County Attorney, and Michael E. Thew, Lincoln, for appellee.

HENDRY, C.J., and WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.


McCORMACK, J.

NATURE OF CASE

This appeal arises from an order of the district court for Lancaster County interpreting the Nebraska Mental Health Commitment Act, Neb.Rev.Stat. §§ 83-312, 83-318, 83-337, 83-351, and 83-1001 to 83-1080 (Reissue 1999 & Cum.Supp.2000). Appellant, Guy Davis, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging that he was unlawfully detained by appellees, Dean Settle, executive director of the Lancaster County Community...

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