Friday’s court hearing regarding a Tacoma woman refusing to comply with court orders for isolation and treatment of tuberculosis reinforced an earlier order of contempt and order for involuntary detention.
The woman, listed in court documents as V.N., has so far not cooperated with her court-appointed monitor attempting to meet with her, or law enforcement assigned to execute a warrant for detention and isolation issued in early March.
Pierce County Superior Court Judge Philip K. Sorensen on Friday issued his latest order, further responding to an objection filed by the woman’s court-appointed attorney to an order of contempt and ordering involuntary detention, testing and treatment.
Sorensen on Friday again found the woman in contempt of court orders, writing that “The Civil Warrant for Arrest shall remain in full force and effect until executed.”
According to the order,…
