R.O. v. DEPT OF YOUTH REHABILITATION SVCS

Nos. 18-AA-619 18-FS-760.

199 A.3d 1160 (2019)

R.O., Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH REHABILITATION SERVICES, Respondent. In re R.O., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 17, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shilpa S. Satoskar , Public Defender Service, with whom Samia Fam , Amy Phillips , and Daniel Gonen , Public Defender Service, were on the brief for petitioner-appellant.

Janice Y. Sheppard , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Karl A. Racine , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Loren L. AliKhan , Solicitor General, and Rosalyn Calbert Groce , Deputy Solicitor General, Washington, were on the brief for respondent-appellee.

Before Blackburne-Rigsby, Chief Judge, and Beckwith and McLeese, Associate Judges.


R.O. is in the custody of the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) because he was found to have committed delinquent acts. R.O. challenges DYRS's decision to confine him in a secure residential facility. We vacate and remand for further proceedings.

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Except as noted, the following facts...

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