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KARRIEM v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Nos. 94-CV-238, 94-CV-261.

717 A.2d 317 (1998)

Elijah KARRIEM, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Elijah KARRIEM, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 20, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Donelson, was on the brief for Elijah Karriem.

Charles F.C. Ruff, Corporation Counsel at the time the brief was filed, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Lutz Alexander Prager, Assistant Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Sonia A. Bacchus, Assistant Corporation Counsel, were on the brief for the District of Columbia.

Before TERRY, STEADMAN, and KING, Associate Judges.

TERRY, Associate Judge:

Elijah Karriem, a street vendor in the District of Columbia, was arrested on three occasions in 1988 and 1989 for failing to obey police orders to relocate his vending stand and for vending in an entrance zone. After each set of charges was dismissed, Karriem sued the District and several individual police officers, alleging false arrest, defamation, and various other intentional torts.

The three cases against the District were consolidated...

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