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REDWOOD v. COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 81-1632.

679 F.2d 931 (1982)

Andrew Maurice REDWOOD, Appellant, v. COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 28, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis R. Moffa, Jr.*, with whom Steven H. Goldblatt, Philadelphia, Pa. (appointed by this Court) and Samuel Dash, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Diana M. Savit, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Judith W. Rogers, Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before MIKVA and GINSBURG, Circuit Judges, and EDMUND L. PALMIERI, United States Senior District Judge for the Southern District of New York.

PER CURIAM:

Andrew Maurice Redwood appeals from the dismissal by the district court sua sponte of his pro se complaint. The complaint arises from events at the Lorton Correctional Complex in November 1978. Neither the allegations of the complaint nor the district court's reasons for dismissal are precisely clear. We affirm the district court's action, but we do so with deep concern about the procedures followed by the district court.

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