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Mother of brain-dead girl cleared to take her from hospital

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Tonsillectomy Brain Dead Girl
Jahi McMath in an undated family photo. The McMath family and Omari Sealey
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Nailah Winkfield,  Marvin Winkfield
Marvin Winkfield comforts wife Nailah Winkfield, Jahi’s mother, as they wait outside a courtroom Friday in Oakland, Calif. AP Photo/Ben Margot
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Oakland Children’s Hospital spokesperson Sam Singer speaks with the media at the U.S. District Courthouse for a settlement conference in Oakland
Oakland Children’s Hospital spokesman Sam Singer addresses the media outside the U.S. District Courthouse in Oakland. Reuters/Beck Diefenbach
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Jahi McMath
The entrance to the hospital is barricaded on Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez
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A photograph of 13-year-old Jahi McMath is seen on a necklace in Oakland
A photograph of Jahi is seen on a necklace. Reuters/Stephen Lam
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Attorney Dolan wipes his eye during court hearing on 13-year-old McMath in Oakland
Family attorney Christopher Dolan wipes his eyes as a judge announces his Dec. 24 ruling that ordered the hospital to keep Jahi on life support amid an appeal. Reuters/Stephen Lam
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Sealey and Chatman speak after court hearing on 13-year-old relative Jahi McMath in Oakland
Omari Sealey (left), Jahi’s uncle, and Sandra Chatman, her grandmother, speak to the media after the Dec. 24 court hearing. Reuters/Stephen Lam