Opinion ID: 1678012
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Heading: involuntary treatment

Text: Appellant also claims that the district court's order denied him due process by improperly ordering him to undergo involuntary treatment with antipsychotic medication. When an individual claims he is being deprived of a liberty interest without due process, the claim is examined in three stages. First, a determination must be made that there is a liberty interest at stake. In the second stage, the court must determine what procedural safeguards are required. Finally, the facts of the case are examined to ascertain whether there was a denial of that process which was due. See Washington v. Harper, 494 U.S. 210, 110 S.Ct. 1028, 108 L.Ed.2d 178 (1990). See, also, State v. Cook, 236 Neb. 636, 463 N.W.2d 573 (1990).