mental-health-commitment

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-6698 Reginald Harris v. FNU Watson, Hillsboro Police Officer, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process indigent-status mental-health mental-health-commitment prisoner-litigation section-1983-claim standing Whether I.F.P., on-duty Department of Transportation Employee unlawful unwarranted mental health committment civil claim, should be afforded appointme…
21-8234 Bithomas Ceasar, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bureau-of-prisons commitment competency competency-hearing criminal-procedure district-court judicial-authority mental-health-commitment restoration statutory-interpretation Whether a district court lacks authority to order additional competency-restoration commitment under 18 U.S.C. § 4241(d)(2) once the director of a Bur…
19-7449 Jack Robert Smith v. Harry Oreol Ninth Circuit 2020-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-mental-health-commitment-due-process- constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection involuntary-commitment involuntary-hospitalization mental-health mental-health-commitment patient-rights supreme-court-review 1. Is OLONOVOR V. DONALDSON, 422 US. [?] a Valid Legal Precedent for Due Process? 2. Is FOURIER V. LOUISIANA, 504 US. 71 77-1780 (1992) still Valid? …