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MATTER OF NAOMI B.

Supreme Court Nos. S-15859/S-16467 (Consolidated).

435 P.3d 918 (2019)

In the MATTER OF the Necessity for the Hospitalization of NAOMI B. In the Matter of the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Linda M.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 11, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rachel Cella , Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner , Public Defender, Anchorage, for Appellant.

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

Linda M.   Joanne M. Grace and Laura Fox , Assistant Attorneys General, Anchorage, and Jahna Lindemuth , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee State of Alaska.

Before: Stowers, Chief Justice, Winfree, Maassen, Bolger, and Carney, Justices.

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

We are presented with two separate appeals from involuntary commitment orders, brought by two appellants, one of whom also appeals a related involuntary medication order. The challenged orders expired while the respective appeals were pending; we consolidated the cases for briefing on whether to revisit our mootness jurisprudence in involuntary commitment and involuntary medication appeals. We now hold that all appeals of involuntary...

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