In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-15-00104-CV
THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR THE BEST INTEREST
AND PROTECTION OF H.S.
On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 2
Hunt County, Texas
Trial Court No. M-11179
Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ.
ORDER
H.S. appeals from a December 17, 2015, order committing him to a state mental health
facility for extended in-patient mental health services not to exceed ninety days.1 H.S.’s notice of
appeal was filed December 21, 2015, the clerk’s record was filed with this Court December 22,
2015, and the reporter’s record was filed December 23, 2015. The Texas Health and Safety Code
requires that mental health commitment appeals be given absolute priority over all other cases and
authorizes this Court to adjust the briefing deadlines and docketing timetables to achieve that end.
See TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE ANN. § 574.070(e) (West 2010).
Due to the accelerated nature of this appeal, we establish the following briefing schedule
for this matter: (1) the appellant’s brief to be received by this Court on or before January 7, 2016,
and (2) the appellee’s brief to be received by this Court on or before January 15, 2016. See TEX.
HEALTH & SAFETY CODE ANN. § 574.070(e). No extensions of time will be granted.
The parties are further notified that, pursuant to Section 574.070(e) of the Texas Health
and Safety Code, the case will be submitted, without oral argument, to the panel of Chief Justice
Josh R. Morriss, III, Justice Bailey C. Moseley, and Justice Ralph K. Burgess one day after the
appellee’s brief is filed.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
BY THE COURT
Date: December 28, 2015
1
H.S. appeals from a contemporaneously entered order authorizing the administration of psychoactive medication
under our cause number 06-15-00105-CV.
2
State
Combined Opinion