Judge ordered to review OR State Hospital admissions policy

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on has set aside a federal judge’s ruling from last year that had paused a long-standing order requiring the Oregon State Hospital to admit certain patients within seven days. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. District Judge Michael W. Mosman in May 2020 modified a 2002 court order requiring the state psychiatric hospital to admit people no longer than seven days after they’ve been found unable to aid and assist in their own defense.His decision removed the time limit on keeping those patients in jail to accommodate the state hospital’s limited admissions policy as the pandemic worsened.