IN THE MATTER OF COMMITMENT OF COLE

2018 CA 1760.

276 So.3d 601 (2019)

In the MATTER OF the COMMITMENT OF Derrick COLE

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 9, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura Picard , Pineville, Louisiana, Attorney for Appellant Derrick Cole.

Stephanie Borghardt , Jenna G. Young , Neal R. Elliot, Jr. , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Attorneys for Appellee Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Behavior Health.

BEFORE: GUIDRY, THERIOT, AND PENZATO, JJ.


This is an appeal from the civil commitment of Derrick Cole by the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH). For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

At the time the commitment proceeding was filed, Cole was a twenty-nine-year-old male with a history of bipolar disorder...

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