Siamak Tavakoli v. Fort Bend County MUD 50

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• reviewing moot civil commitment order to mental health facility pursuant to G. L. c. 123, §§ 7 and 8
• dismissing appeal as moot, but concluding that first continuance request \is mandatory where a denial thereof is reasonably likely to prejudice [a patient's] ability to prepare a meaningful defense\
• dismissing appeal as moot, but concluding that first continuance request \is mandatory where a denial thereof is reasonably likely to prejudice [a patient's] ability to prepare a meaningful defense\
• \The infringement of a person's liberty interest resulting from involuntary commitment for six months is massive\ [quotation omitted]
• recent legislative reforms to G. L. c. 123 intended \to afford individuals more due process in civil commitment and medical treatment hearings than had been available previously\ [citation omitted]
• \It is illogical that the Legislature would shorten the period for conducting [civil commitment and medical treatment] hearings and have it inure to the detriment of the individual's due process right to prepare a meaningful defense\

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