judge carl taylor in middletown , connecticut , denied requests made last month by attorneys for both cassandra and her mother , jackie fortin .
the 17-year-old be released from the temporary custody of the state department of children and families .
the state agency last fall won temporary custody of cassandra after she and her mother argued she did not want chemo treatments despite the risk of dying without it .
treatments were ordered for at least six months after doctors said the teen had an 85 percent chance of chemotherapy .