United States v. Juvenile Male

MEMORANDUM **

Two juvenile criminal defendants, J.C.D. and T.J.S., challenge the district court’s orders transferring them from juvenile to adult status. We vacate both transfer orders and remand for further proceedings.

I

In its order transferring J.C.D., the district court abused its discretion by making two clearly erroneous material findings of fact. First, the district court found that “[t]here is no record of abuse while [J.C.D. was] in foster care.” This is contrary to the evidence in the record. Dr. Beyer’s psychological evaluation states that J.C.D.’s mother “reported that he was also…