Facundo v. State of Florida

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• reversing commitment after con- sidering the evidence both “individually and collectively”
• “Although living on the streets may be inherently dangerous, such a generalized risk is not enough to justify involuntary civil commitment.”
• “[A]ppellant had a sunburn and minor cuts on her head, which do not appear to have been considered medically concerning.”
• “[A]ppellant had a sunburn and minor cuts on her head, which do not appear to have been considered medically concerning.”
• challenges in obtaining food were not sufficient to support the appellant’s commitment where there was no evidence that the appellant did not have access to shelters or soup kitchens or could not obtain a new identification so that she could again obtain food stamps

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).