The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear argument on whether the lower court had jurisdiction to review a case involving the ramifications that an involuntary commitment had on a mental health patient’s ability to own a gun.

The justices granted allocatur on a limited basis in In re Petition of J.M.Y. on Sept. 17. The petitioner had brought the case claiming his due process rights had been violated when a trial court declined to expunge his mental health records because his commitment was not valid under the law. The Superior Court en banc ultimately reversed that decision 8-1.

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