DORMU v. GILL

No. 5683.

277 A.2d 104 (1971)

Alfonso K. DORMU, Appellant, v. C. O. GILL and District of Columbia, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 10, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry S. Byrd, Washington, D. C., for appellant. Alfonso K. Dormu was on the brief, pro se.

Leo N. Gorman, Assistant Corp. Counsel, with whom C. Francis Murphy, Acting Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Assistant Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellees.

Before GALLAGHER, REILLY and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.


YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:

Appellant, plaintiff below, seeks to set aside an order of dismissal entered by the court sua sponte in the course of a pretrial conference. Appellant originally filed this suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia seeking damages against Officer Gill and the District of Columbia. He alleged that he had been "falsely arrested" and "falsely imprisoned" by the appellees...

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