In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Leah Christina Graeber

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Appellant Leah Christina Graeber was committed to the Minnesota Commissioner of Human Services as a person who is dangerous and who poses a risk of harm due to mental illness. To advance appellant's treatment—which has stagnated—a licensed psychiatrist at Minnesota Security Hospital sought authorization to treat appellant with ∗ Retired judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, serving by appointment pursuant to Minn. Const. art. VI, § 10. electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which respondent Dakota County Social Services (the county) supported, and appellant opposed. After an evidentiary hearing, the district court granted the petition to authorize ECT. On appeal, appellant argues that the record does not support the district court's determination that ECT is reasonable and necessary. Because the court considered the relevant factors in finding that ECT was reasonable and necessary for appellant, and the record supports the district court's findings, we affirm.