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GAINES v. WALKER

No. 91-7210.

986 F.2d 1438 (1993)

Lance J. GAINES v. Wayne WALKER, Appellant. Wayne WALKER, Member, Metropolitan Police Department, Third District, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 9, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell B. Weitzman, with whom Robert E. Deso, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellant.

Herbert A. Terrell, Washington, DC, for appellee Gaines.

Karen L. McDonald, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom John Payton, Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Appellate Div., Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee District of Columbia.

Before WALD, RUTH BADER GINSBURG and D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WALD.

WALD, Circuit Judge:

This case arises from an incident in which Wayne Walker, a Metropolitan Police Department officer, punched Lance Gaines in the face in the course of an arrest. Walker claims that he hit Gaines in self-defense after Gaines had drawn a knife; Gaines denies wielding a knife and asserts that Walker's attack was unprovoked. In the district court, the jury credited Gaines' testimony and found...

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