In re Det. of W.C.C. (Majority)
Annotate this CaseAt the time of his involuntary civil commitment, W.C.C. lived at the Downtown Emergency Service Center's Rainer House. In December 2013, Rainer House staff informed a King County designated mental health professional (DMHP) that W.C.C. had hit another Rainer House resident in the throat. He had previously threatened to kill the resident and had falsely accused him of having sexual relations with a Rainer House clinical support specialist. That person reported that W.C.C. was fixated on her and screamed obscenities at her. These incidents lead to W.C.C.'s civil commitment. W.C.C. argued the probable cause hearing for his civil commitment under Washington's Involuntary Treatment Act (ITA) should have been dismissed as untimely. At issue was whether weekends and holidays were excluded from calculating the maximum time period allowed for continuances under the Act. After review, the Supreme Court rejected W.C.C. 's argument and agreed with the Court of Appeals: weekends and holidays were excluded when computing the maximum time allowed for continuances under RCW 71.05.240(1).
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