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MARTIN v. WASHINGTON METRO. AREA TRANSIT AUTH.

No. 81-1245.

667 F.2d 435 (1981)

T. Ivonne MARTIN, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 11, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Messitte, Chevy Chase, Md. (Messitte & Rosenberg, P. A., Chevy Chase, Md., A. J. Spero, Rutland, Vt., on brief), for appellant.

Robert B. Cave, Washington, D. C. (Vincent H. Cohen, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge, and ERVIN and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from the order of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, dismissing the complaint of appellant, T. Ivonne Martin, which alleged false arrest and assault and battery.1 After a hearing the district court ruled that the appellee, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), was immune from suit on the basis of governmental immunity provided in § 80 of the WMATA compact.

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