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VAUGHN v. U.S.

No. 89-279.

579 A.2d 170 (1990)

Jimmy J. VAUGHN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 31, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Ross, appointed by the court, for appellant.

William E. Lawler, III, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chevy Chase, Md., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher and Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., Washington, D.C., Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief and supplemental memorandum, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and NEWMAN and BELSON, Associate Judges.

NEWMAN, Associate Judge:

Jimmy J. Vaughn appeals from the dismissal of his pro se motion, in which he challenged his transfer from Lorton to a county prison facility in Texas and alleged violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. The trial court dismissed Vaughn's motion on jurisdictional grounds. Although we find that the trial court erred in concluding that it lacked jurisdiction over Vaughn's claims, we nonetheless affirm the dismissal of his motion challenging...

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