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BIGLEY v. ALASKA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE

No. S-13116.

208 P.3d 168 (2009)

William S. BIGLEY, Appellant, v. ALASKA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 22, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gottstein, Law Project for Psychiatric Rights, Inc., Anchorage, for Appellant.

Timothy M. Twomey, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Talis J. Colberg, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, CARPENETI, and WINFREE, Justices.

OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A psychiatric patient committed to the Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API) challenges the superior court's order approving API's petition for involuntary administration of psychotropic drugs under AS 47.30.839. He alleges that the trial court violated due process guarantees and that it erred in its findings that API's proposed treatment was in his best interests and that no less intrusive alternative...

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