IN RE GABRIEL C.

No. S-14256.

324 P.3d 835 (2014)

In the Matter of the Necessity for the Hospitalization of GABRIEL C.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied May 29, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly R. Taylor , Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner , Public Defender, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Michael G. Mitchell , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Michael C. Geraghty , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Meg Allison Zaletel and Mark Regan , Anchorage, for Amicus Curiae Disability Law Center of Alaska.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, WINFREE, STOWERS, MAASSEN, and BOLGER, Justices.


OPINION

BOLGER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The respondent in a mental health commitment proceeding argues that the delay between his detention and his involuntary commitment hearing violated time limits imposed by statute and due process of law. But we conclude that the relevant statutory time limit begins upon a respondent's arrival at an evaluation facility, that there was no obvious or prejudicial statutory violation in this case, and that...

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