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WATTERS v. WASHINGTON METRO. AREA TRANSIT AUTH.

No. 01-7092.

295 F.3d 36 (2002)

Keith Winston WATTERS, Appellee, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellant. Brenda Blocker, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 12, 2002.

Rehearing Denied August 6, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent A. Jankoski argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant. With him on the briefs were Cheryl C. Burke, Robert J. Kniaz, and Gerard J. Stief.

Nathaniel H. Speights argued the cause for appellee Keith Winston Watters.

Thomas W. Beimers filed the brief for third-party defendant-appellee Brenda Blocker.

Before: TATEL and GARLAND, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing En Banc Denied August 6, 2002.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GARLAND.

GARLAND, Circuit Judge:

Keith Watters, an attorney, brought suit against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) for failing to honor an attorney's lien on the proceeds of a settlement between WMATA and Watters' former client. We hold that WMATA's sovereign immunity bars Watters' lawsuit.

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