James A. BAKER, Appellant,
v.
Walter E. WASHINGTON et al.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued September 11, 1970.
Decided August 11, 1971.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mr. Francis C. O'Brien, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court) for appellant.
Mr. Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corporation Counsel, for the District of Columbia, with whom Messrs. Charles T. Duncan, Corporation Counsel at the time the brief was filed, Hubert B. Pair, Acting Corporation Counsel at the time of oral argument, and Ted D. Kuemmerling, Asst. Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee. Messrs. C. Francis Murphy, Corporation Counsel, and Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corporation Counsel, also entered appearances for appellee.
Before FAHY, Senior Circuit Judge, and ROBINSON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:
Appellant filed pro se in the District Court a complaint seeking damages from the District of Columbia and three of its officers.1 The gravamen of the complaint is that appellant, while an inmate at Lorton Reformatory, a District prison, sustained personal injuries in a beating maliciously administered by subordinate correctional personnel. All defendants moved for dismissal on the ground...
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