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WASHINGTON v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 85-5874.

802 F.2d 1478 (1986)

Preston A. WASHINGTON, Jr., Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 14, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Diskin, with whom MacKenzie Canter, III, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Beverly J. Burke, Asst. Corp. Counsel of the District of Columbia, a member of the bar of the D.C. Court of Appeals, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom John H. Suda, Acting Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before STARR, SILBERMAN, and BUCKLEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.

BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Preston A. Washington, Jr., while employed as a guard at the District of Columbia's Lorton Reformatory, was attacked and severely injured by a prisoner. Appellant alleges that the attack resulted from the reckless failure of Lorton and District of Columbia officials to remedy unsafe conditions at the reformatory. Mr. Washington...

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