ALI v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 00-5282.

278 F.3d 1 (2002)

Abdus-Shahid M.S. ALI, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 29, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert N. Weiner, appointed by the court, argued the cause and filed the briefs as amicus curiae for appellant.

Abdus-Shahid M.S. Ali, appearing pro se, was on the briefs for appellant.

Mark R. Davis, Senior Assistant Attorney General, State of Virginia, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellees Commonwealth of Virginia, et al.

Robert R. Rigsby, Corporation Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Carl J. Schifferle, Assistant Corporation Counsel, filed the brief for appellees District of Columbia, et al.

Before: GINSBURG, Chief Judge, and RANDOLPH and TATEL, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.

TATEL, Circuit Judge:

A District of Columbia inmate claims that following his transfer from the District's Lorton Correctional Facility to a Virginia prison pursuant to an interstate compact, Virginia officials used excessive force in restraining him, required him to register under his birth name rather than his religiously inspired legal name, and neglected to give him the insulin he required, resulting...

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