LESLIE H. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. G049127.

224 Cal.App.4th 340 (2014)

168 Cal. Rptr. 3d 729

LESLIE H., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

February 28, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

University of California, Irvine School of Law Immigrant Rights Clinic and Sameer M. Ashar ; Public Counsel and Kristen Jackson for Petitioner.

Rachel Prandini for Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, Inc., Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Jennifer Nagda and Maria Woltjen for Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights at the University of Chicago as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.


OPINION

ARONSON, J.

Sixteen-year-old Leslie H. petitions for unopposed writ relief after the juvenile court denied her request to make the necessary factual findings to enable her to apply to federal officials for classification as an abused, neglected, or abandoned special immigrant juvenile (SIJ) under title 8 United States Code section 1101(a)(27)(J) (SIJ statute or section 1101(a)(27)(J)), part of the Immigration and Nationality...

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