In Re Johnnie Barnard, Patient

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an involuntarily committed patient at St. Elizabeths was first \seized\ when he \was taken into custody and involuntarily deprived of his liberty\
• holding that an involuntarily committed patient at St. Elizabeths was first “seized” when he “was taken into custody and involuntarily deprived of his liberty”
• finding that a plaintiff was seized within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment when taken into custody for an involuntary mental-health evaluation and explaining that such seizures are unconstitutional “unless supported by probable cause”
• applying probable cause standard to § 525 hearing and outlining respective burdens on parties
• applying probable cause standard to § 525 hearing and outlining respective burdens on parties
• requiring probable cause to detain person believed to be mentally ill and dangerous

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).