Facts
A. (born in 1984) suffers from bipolar disorder and has been hospitalized several times. On January 24, 2020, the physician B. practicing in the Canton of Schwyz ordered the involuntary commitment of A. to the Clinic C. in V./SG. A. filed a complaint against this order with the Administrative Appeals Commission of the Canton of St. Gallen, which forwarded the complaint to the Administrative Court of the Canton of Schwyz. However, the Administrative Court of the Canton of Schwyz denied its jurisdiction and referred the matter back to the Administrative Appeals Commission of the Canton of St. Gallen.
A. requested the Federal Court to set aside the decision and refer the matter back to the Administrative Court of the Canton of Schwyz for assessment.
Considerations
The Federal Court upholds the complaint. It states that for the assessment of the complaint against the medically ordered involuntary commitment, the court at the place where the commitment was ordered is competent across cantons. Since in the present case a physician practicing in the Canton of Schwyz ordered the…