COM. OF VA. v. RENO

C.A. No. 96-826-A.

955 F.Supp. 571 (1996)

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, Plaintiff v. Janet RENO, Attorney General of the United States, and the District of Columbia, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

February 11, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General of Virginia, David E. Anderson, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Catherine C. Hammond, Deputy Attorney General, Gregory E. Lucyk, Senior Assistant Attorney General, A. Ann Berkebile, Pamela A. Sargent, Assistant Attorneys General, and Peter R. Messitt, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Plaintiff.

Helen F. Fahey, United States Attorney, Dennis E. Szybala, Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, Vincent M. Garvey, Joseph W. Lobue, Department of Justice, Charles F.C. Ruff, Corporation, Counsel, D.C., Michael E. Zielinski, Deputy Corporation Counsel, D.C., William J. Earl, Asst. Deputy Corporation Counsel, D.C., Special Litigation Division, Louise Phillips, and Justin Draycott, Assistant Corporation Counsel, D.C., Washington, D.C., for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

In this action, the Commonwealth of Virginia seeks to close the District of Columbia's Lorton Correctional Complex ("Lorton"). Because Lorton lies outside the District of Columbia ("District") and wholly within Virginia's boundaries, the Commonwealth of Virginia argues that the District's operation of Lorton exceeds the power granted the federal government under the Enclave...

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