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IN RE T.S.

No. 99-FS-1228.

829 A.2d 937 (2003)

In re T.S., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 7, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hope Umana, appointed by the court, was on the brief for appellant.

Robert R. Rigsby, Corporation Counsel at the time, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel at the time, and Rosalyn Calbert Groce, Supervisory Corporation Counsel, were on the brief for appellee.

Before TERRY and STEADMAN, Associate Judges, and BELSON, Senior Judge.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

T.S. ("appellant") appeals the trial court's denial without a hearing of her motion that the Department of Human Services ("DHS") be required to show cause why it should not be held in contempt for its alleged failure to feed appellant during the approximately twenty-four hours that she was in custody. The trial court made its own sua sponte investigation into the alleged facts and, relying on the outcome of that investigation, denied...

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