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IN RE D.D.

No. 22-FM-0498.

303 A.3d 935 (2023)

IN RE D.D., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 4, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Williams , Public Defender Service, with whom Samia Fam and Shilpa S. Satoskar , Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Eric M. Levine , Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. Brian L. Schwalb , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Caroline S. Van Zile , Solicitor General, Ashwin P. Phatak , Principal Deputy Solicitor General, and Thais-Lyn Trayer , Deputy Solicitor General, were on the brief for appellee.

Before Beckwith and Howard, Associate Judges, and Thompson, Senior Judge.

This matter is an appeal from an order authorizing involuntary civil commitment. Appellant D.D. is an 80-year-old woman who has been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type. At the time of briefing and oral argument before this court, she remained an inpatient resident of Saint Elizabeths Hospital (the "Hospital...

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