Becky Murphy <yobluemama@gmail.com>

Resolution

Moorhead, Ronald (DSHS/HRSA/DBHR) <moorhre@dshs.wa.gov> Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 9:04 AM

To: Rebecca Murphy <yobluemama@gmail.com>

Good morning Ms. Murphy, yes, procedural due process rights are mandatory in civil as well as criminal cases. The Fifth and fourteenth amendments of the U.S. Constitution require it. This one of the things we will be discussing today at our meeting. Thanks!

From: Rebecca Murphy [mailto:yobluemama@gmail.com]

Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 4:41 AM

To: Moorhead, Ronald (DSHS/HRSA/DBHR)

Subject: Resolution

Mr.Moorhead,

My brother Mark called my yesterday evening to see what was going to be done about the errors that made in Isaac's care. He echoed my concern that this series of mistakes be thoroughly addressed with the result being that the court record be expunged and all notifications be made to erase this egregious misapplication of the commitment statute.

Mr. Justice Powell delivered the opinion of the Court:

“Written submissions do not afford the flexibility of oral presentations; they do not permit

the recipient to mold his argument to the issues the decision maker appears to regard as

important. Particularly where credibility and veracity are at issue, … written submissions

are a wholly unsatisfactory basis for decision.”

And in the U.S. Supreme Court case Joint Anti-Fascist Comm. v. McGrath, 341 U.S. 123, 168 (1951)

(Frankfurter, J., concurring), Mr. Justice Burton, speaking for the court, stated that:

"The right to be heard before being condemned to suffer grievous loss of any kind, even

though it may not involve the stigma and hardships of a criminal conviction, is a principle

basic to our society.

This type of court order does carry a stigma of being labeled and entered into a tracking system. The rules promulgated to effect the recently expanded involuntary commitment statute were not developed with any formerly committed individuals; and I bet without any individuals with the diagnoses that are most likely to be at risk for having these orders obtained against. (I mean on their behalf)

Respectfully,

Becky Murphy

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