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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA No. 6-916 / 05-2104 Filed December 28, 2006

IN THE MATTER OF M.L., Alleged to Be Seriously Mentally Impaired, M.L., Respondent-Appellant. ________________________________________________________________ Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Johnson County, Denver D. Dillard, Judge.

M.L. appeals the district court's decision to affirm a judicial hospital referee's order for involuntary hospitalization. AFFIRMED.

L. Jay Stein of Stein, Moore, Egerton & Weideman, L.L.P., Iowa City, for appellant. Anne Lahey of Johnson County Attorney's Office, Iowa City, for appellee.

Considered by Mahan, P.J., and Miller and Vaitheswaran, JJ.

2 VAITHESWARAN, J. A district court affirmed a judicial hospital referee's order for involuntary hospitalization of inmate M.L. On appeal, M.L. contends: (1) the district court failed to hold a "trial de novo," as prescribed by Iowa Code

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