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IN RE E.W.

No. 2009 CA 1589.

38 So.3d 1033 (2010)

In The Matter of E.W.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 7, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Toney Crawford, Mandeville, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, E.W.

Nancy J. Marshall, Karen P. Holland, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Donnie Frederic, CEO, and Glenda Dobson, of the Louisiana Medical Center and Heart Hospital.

Before WHIPPLE, HUGHES, and WELCH. JJ.

HUGHES, J.

Appellant E.W. filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, seeking his release from the Louisiana Medical Center and Heart Hospital (LMCHH.) This is an appeal of the trial court's judgment that both denied E.W.'s release and ordered his transfer to a psychiatric facility. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the judgment.

FACTS

In the early morning hours of June 23, 2009, plaintiff/appellant E.W. was taken by ambulance to the...

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