TAYLOR v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 94-CV-1171.

691 A.2d 121 (1997)

Herman TAYLOR, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 20, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clinton A. Jackson, with whom Obren V. Barnes, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellant.

Charles F.C. Ruff, Corporation Counsel, with whom Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel and Phillip A. Lattimore, III, and Maria Merkowitz, Assistant Corporation Counsels were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and SCHWELB and REID, Associate Judges.


REID, Associate Judge:

Appellant Herman Taylor filed a complaint containing five counts against appellee District of Columbia on January 27, 1992. Although the caption under the word "complaint" read "assault — negligence — civil rights," Mr. Taylor made several claims: (1) violation of rights under the Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States and under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1986...

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