Jane Doe v. Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Hampshire affirmed the Superior Court’s grant of a writ of habeas corpus, holding that RSA 135-C:31’s three‑day probable‑cause hearing deadline begins when the involuntary emergency admission certificate is completed, not when the patient is delivered to a receiving facility, and therefore the plaintiff’s confinement without such a hearing was unlawful.