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KEITH v. WASHINGTON

No. 13017.

401 A.2d 468 (1979)

Samuel KEITH, Appellant, v. Walter WASHINGTON et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 11, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence S. Lapidus, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for appellant.

John R. Risher, Jr., Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., at the time the case was briefed, Richard W. Barton, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and David P. Sutton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellees.

Before YEAGLEY, HARRIS and FERREN, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

Samuel Keith appeals the motions judge's dismissal of his complaint against the Mayor and several Department of Corrections officials for false imprisonment and battery. Having served a brief sentence for "failure to appear," D.C. Code 1973, § 23-1327(a), Keith alleges that he should have been released from jail on November 26, not December 2, 1975, and that while he was incarcerated a corrections officer pushed and injured him. The judge...

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