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SMITH v. PUBLIC DEF. SERV. FOR THE D.C.

No. 95-CV-363.

686 A.2d 210 (1996)

Percy William SMITH, Appellant, v. PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA and Avis E. Buchanan, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 12, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Percy William Smith, pro se.

Mark S. Carlin, Washington, DC, was on the brief for appellee Public Defender Service.

Thomas B. Mason was on the brief, for appellees Avis E. Buchanan, et al.

Before STEADMAN and SCHWELB, Associate Judges, and NEWMAN, Senior Judge.

NEWMAN, Senior Judge:

Appellant Percy William Smith appeals the trial court's grant of appellees', Public Defender Service's and Avis E. Buchanan's, motions to dismiss his civil action against them with prejudice. In an amended complaint Smith claims Buchanan, then a member of the Public Defender Service, committed legal malpractice in her representation of him in a criminal case. He asserts that Buchanan's errors are actionable under theories of breach of contract...

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