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IN THE MATTER OF N.L.

SJC-12183.

476 Mass. 632 (2017)

IN THE MATTER OF N.L.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

March 14, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Owen Talley for the respondent.

Diane M. Geraghty Hall for the petitioner.

Anna Krieger , Robert D. Fleischner , Jennifer Honig , & Phillip Kassel , for Center for Public Representation & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., BOTSFORD, LENK, HINES, GAZIANO, LOWY, & BUDD, JJ.

N.L. appeals from the order for his civil commitment to a mental health facility (hospital), pursuant to G. L. c. 123, §§ 7 and 8, and the order authorizing his treatment with antipsychotic medications pursuant to G. L. c. 123, § 8B. He argues that the District Court judge improperly denied his prehearing request for a continuance...

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