HOPKINS v. SOUTH MOUNTAIN SECURE TREATMENT UNIT

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA VYNEEKA HOPKINS, as Parent and : Natural Guardian of C.A., a Minor Plaintiff. : CIVIL ACTION : No. 18-5354 v. : : NICOLE YESSER, et. al. : : Defendant. : September 24, 2019 Anita B. Brody, J. MEMORANDUM Three weeks after his release from South Mountain Secure Treatment Unit (“South Mountain”)—a state-run treatment facility for juvenile offenders—Defendant Jamir Hill abducted C.A., a young child, from her Philadelphia home. Hill brutally beat C.A., sexually assaulted her, and left her for dead in the tall weeds behind…