Jordan Ex Rel. Y.F. v. District of Columbia

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Granting in Part and Denying in Part the District of Columbia’s Motion to Dismiss; Granting in Part and Denying in Part the Psychiatric Institute of Washington, D.C.’s Motion to Dismiss

RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

When she was seven years old, Y.F. was taken into the custody of the District of Columbia’s Child and Family Services Agency and admitted as an inpatient on the child psychiatric ward operated by the Psychiatric Institute of Washington, D.C., where, the plaintiffs allege, she was repeatedly restrained and erratically medicated with psychotropic…