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FISHER v. WASHINGTON METRO. AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 81-1596.

690 F.2d 1133 (1982)

Caricia J. FISHER, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY; J. Elwood Clements; C. C. Mickelson, Appellees, and Arlington County; John # # 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 Doe; Jane # # 1, 2 & 3 Doe; All Deputy Sheriffs or Employees of Arlington County Sheriffs Department, Names Unknown, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 7, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard J. Koenick, Washington, D. C. (Koenick & McMillin, Washington, D. C., Leslie Scott Auerbach, Auerbach & Simmons, Silver Spring, Md., on brief), for appellant.

Claude M. Hilton, Arlington, Va., Donald A. Clower, Great Falls, Va., for appellees.

Before PHILLIPS, MURNAGHAN and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges.

JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

This case grew out of an incident in which the plaintiff, Caricia J. Fisher, was arrested by a police officer of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) for violating a local ordinance prohibiting eating on WMATA trains. Fisher sued WMATA, the arresting officer, and the former sheriff of Arlington County, Virginia, alleging claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state tort law against WMATA and its police officer...

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