Withrow v. B.L. CA5
Appellant B.L. is involuntarily committed to the State Department of State Hospitals at Coalinga State Hospital (CSH). The medical director of CSH obtained an order authorizing a necessary medical procedure be performed upon B.L. based on a finding that B.L. lacked the mental capacity to give informed consent. B.L. appeals that order. The parties now agree that the trial court’s order should be vacated because the medical procedure is no longer medically necessary and will not be performed upon B.L. pursuant to the order. We grant the parties’ joint motion, vacating the trial court’s order. Because we grant the relief B.L. seeks pursuant to the parties’ joint motion, we do not reach the merits of B.L.’s appeal and we dismiss the appeal as moot.
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