IN RE LILLY

No. 2009AP1420.

804 N.W.2d 489 (2011)

2011 WI App 123

In the matter of Warren LILLY, Jr. Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Warren Lilly, Jr., Respondent-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed August 18, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the petitioner-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of R. Duane Harlow , assistant attorney general, and J.B. Van Hollen , attorney general.,

On behalf of the respondent-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Jeff Scott Olson , of The Jeff Scott Olson Law Firm, S.C., Madison.

Before LUNDSTEN, P.J., VERGERONT and HIGGINBOTHAM, JJ.


VERGERONT, J.

¶ 1 The Department of Corrections (DOC) appeals the circuit court order denying its request for continued authorization to forcibly provide Warren Lilly, Jr., with unwanted nutrition and hydration. The circuit court concluded that there were compelling circumstances here that warrant an exception to the standard we established in DOC v. Saenz, 2007 WI App 25, 299 Wis.2d 486, 728 N.W.2d 765, for authorization...

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