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RELEASED OCTOBER 8, 2025
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A24-0128 In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Anthony Blake Swope.
Court of Appeals.
A patient who has been civilly committed as mentally ill under Minnesota Statutes chapter 253B, is entitled to the assistance of the patient’s court-appointed counsel in extraordinary writ proceedings to enforce the patient’s right to priority admission to a state-operated treatment program under section 253B.10, subdivision 1(b), and the county of financial responsibility must pay court-appointed counsel a reasonable sum for counsel’s work in connection with those proceedings.
Reversed. Justice Theodora K. Gaïtas.
Concurring, Justice Anne K. McKeig, Justice Gordon L. Moore, III., Justice Sarah E.
Hennesy.
Took no part, Justice Karl C. Procaccini.