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IN RE WILLIAMS

No. 83-135.

471 A.2d 263 (1984)

In re Annie WILLIAMS, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 9, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marion E. Baurley, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Gary S. Freeman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Judith W. Rogers, Corp. Counsel, at time brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before KERN, NEBEKER and TERRY, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from the trial court's denial, after an evidentiary hearing, of appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petition challenged the lawfulness of her transfer by the Department of Human Services (the Department) from a so-called residential community facility to the District of Columbia institution of Forest Haven and her enforced subsequent residence there.

The record reflects that appellant is mentally retarded and...

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