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IN RE WASHINGTON

No. 2005AP3141.

735 N.W.2d 111 (2007)

2007 WI 104

In the Interest of Ruby WASHINGTON. City of Milwaukee, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Ruby Washington, Respondent-Appellant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 17, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondent-appellant-petitioner there were briefs by William J. Tyroler and Karl Otto Rohlich, Assistant State Public Defenders, and oral argument by William J. Tyroler.

For the petitioner-respondent there was a brief and oral argument by Stuart S. Mukamal, Assistant City Attorney, with whom on the brief was Grant F. Langley, City Attorney.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Laurence J. Dupuis and ACLUWI Foundation, Milwaukee; Colleen D. Ball and Appellate Counsel, S.C., Wauwatosa, on behalf of The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin Foundation, Inc.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Kimberly Allegretti Nass and Washington County Attorneys Office, West Bend; Steven J. Rollins and Manitowoc County Corporation Counsel, Manitowoc, on behalf of the Wisconsin Association of County Corporation Counsels.

¶ 1 LOUIS B. BUTLER, JR., J.

Ruby Washington seeks review of a published decision of the court of appeals1 affirming a circuit court order confining her to the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility ("CJF") for failure to comply with prior court orders for treatment of tuberculosis.2 The Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Honorable Clare L. Fiorenza, found...

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