E.G. v. Department of Developmental Services

The Department of Developmental Services (DDS) seeks to transfer E.G., a profoundly intellectually disabled individual, from the Fernald Developmental Center (FDC) to *832the Wrentham Developmental Center (WDC).3 E.G.’s guardians oppose the transfer. Following an adjudicatory hearing on the guardians’ objections, an administrative magistrate of the Division of Administrative Law Appeals (DALA) concluded that the proposed transfer met the requirements of the State statutory standard, allowing it to proceed. See G. L. c. 123B, § 3. A judge of the Superior Court subsequently affirmed DALA’s…