FORTIER v. HOBBY

Nos. 14195-14197.

262 F.2d 924 (1959)

Carmen FORTIER, Appellant, v. Oveta Culp HOBBY, Secretary, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, et al., Appellees. Carmen FORTIER, Appellant, v. Clarence HARTMAN, M.D., Appellee. Carmen FORTIER, Appellant, v. Milton MELTZER, M.D., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 8, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmen Fortier, pro se.

Mr. Thomas H. McGrail, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellees Oveta Culp Hobby, Mary Switzer and Joseph Ellis, in Case No. 14,195.

Mr. Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel for the District of Columbia, with whom Messrs. Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellees Thomas G. Rathbone and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, in Case No. 14,195.

Mr. John A. Earnest, Asst. Corp. Counsel, also entered an appearance for appellees Thomas G. Rathbone and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, in Case No. 14,195.

Mr. J. Joseph Barse, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. H. Mason Welch, J. Harry Welch, Arthur V. Butler and Walter J. Murphy, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee Clarence Hartman, in Case No. 14,196.

Mr. Samuel Green, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Frank Smith, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellee Milton Meltzer, in Case No. 14,197.

Before FAHY, WASHINGTON and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

These are suits against certain officials of the United States Government and the Government of the District of Columbia, named and sued as individuals, seeking damages for acts performed in their official capacities in relation to appellant's applications for various forms of relief, including vocational rehabilitation.1 The District Court, after reviewing the pleadings, affidavits filed by defendants-appellees, and the testimony...

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