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D.M.H. v. PIETILLA

No. 5D09-351.

33 So.3d 800 (2010)

D.M.H., Appellant, v. Joyce PIETILLA, Administrator, Halifax Medical Center, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

April 23, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Kathryn Rollison Radtke, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Harold C. Hubka of Cobb & Cole, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

COHEN, J.

D.M.H. appeals the denial of her petition for writ of habeas corpus. The issue D.M.H. raises is whether her confinement is unlawful because the hearing on her Baker Act1 petition, which sought involuntary inpatient placement, was not held within five calendar days. We affirm.

When a petition for involuntary placement is filed under the Baker Act, either involuntary outpatient or involuntary inpatient placement may be...

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