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ADAMS v. FERREIRA

No. 97-FM-602.

741 A.2d 1046 (1999)

Clifford ADAMS, Appellant, v. Keisha FERREIRA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 16, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Enid Hinkes, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Sharlene E. Williams, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom John M. Ferren, Corporation Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FARRELL, GLICKMAN, and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges.

WASHINGTON, Associate Judge:

The principal issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in extending a civil protection order ("CPO"), sua sponte. For the following reasons, we reverse.

I.

On August 4, 1995, appellee, Keisha Ferreira, filed a petition and affidavit for civil protection order against appellant, Clifford Adams, for allegedly picking her up and throwing her on the ground. Because Ferreira and Adams had been cohabitating at...

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