By: Derek Hawkins//December 5, 2018//
WI Court of Appeals – District IV
Case Name: Monroe County v. B.L.
Case No.: 2018AP694
Officials: BLANCHARD, J.
Focus: Mental Commitment
In this direct appeal of an order for involuntary medication and treatment, B.L. argues that the doctor specializing in psychiatric medicine who initiated B.L.’s emergency detention could not properly also serve as one of the two health professionals specified in WIS. STAT. § 51.20(9)(a)1. to examine B.L. B.L. does not contest that he makes this argument for the first time on appeal. I reject his argument for that reason.