THOMAS v. JOHNSON

Civ. A. No. 1370-68.

295 F.Supp. 1025 (1968)

Clarence THOMAS, Jr. and Willie Jean Thomas, Plaintiffs, v. Ralph R. JOHNSON, Precinct Station No. 11, Kenneth C. Weir, Precinct Station No. 11, Walter E. Washington, Mayor of the District of Columbia, John R. Layton, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia, Defendants.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

December 12, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hershel Shanks, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Charles T. Duncan, Corp. Counsel, John A. Earnest, and Vincent E. Ferretti, Jr., Asst. Corp. Counsels, Washington, D. C., for defendants Washington, Layton, and the District of Columbia.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

AUBREY E. ROBINSON, Jr., District Judge.

The complaint in this case alleges assault and battery, negligence and deprivation of civil rights. The original defendants were Johnson and Weir, two police officers of the Metropolitan Police Department in the District of Columbia; Walter Washington, Mayor of the District of Columbia; John R. Layton, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia; and the District of Columbia...

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