Jahi McMath will be kept on life support through at least January 7. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo, nullifies a deadline set for 8pm eastern tonight to take McMath off life support. Hospital authorities claim Jahi McMath is brain dead, but McMath’s uncle Omari Sealey says she moves when her mother speaks to her and touches her.
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“In essence, the court orders the respondent (Oakland Children’s Hospital) to maintain the ‘status quo,'” Grillo’s order said.
Earlier Monday, Jahi McMath’s uncle, Omari Sealey, said the family had filed a new complaint in federal court requesting an injunction against Grillo’s deadline set last week that would have allowed the hospital to remove Jahi from life support at 5 p.m. PST Monday.
Sealey claimed that Jahi, who was declared brain dead earlier this month following a tonsillectomy at the hospital, is showing signs of movement and that an unnamed pediatrician has visited her and claims she is not dead.
“Jahi is moving when her mother speaks to her, and when her mother touches her,” Sealey said in his brief statement. He did not take questions from reporters.