MATTER OF COLE

No. 2019 CA 0938.

293 So.3d 1163 (2019)

In the MATTER OF the Mental Health of Derrick COLE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Judgment Rendered: December 27, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura Picard , Pineville, Louisiana, and Henry Allyn Sale , Shreveport, Louisiana, Attorneys for Appellant, Derrick Cole.

Stephanie M. Borghardt , Neal R. Elliott Jr. , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Attorneys for Appellee, Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Behavioral Health.

BEFORE: WHIPPLE, C.J., GUIDRY AND CRAIN, JJ.


Derrick Cole appeals the trial court's April 5, 2019 judgment ordering his commitment to the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH). We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On August 20, 2018, the assistant clinical director for the Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System (ELMHS) filed a petition seeking Cole's judicial...

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