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ABDULWALI v. WASHINGTON METRO. AREA TRANSIT AUTH.

No. 01-7165.

315 F.3d 302 (2003)

Sherreal ABDULWALI, Appellee, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 14, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce P. Heppen, Associate General Counsel, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Cheryl C. Burke, General Counsel, Robert J. Kniaz, Deputy General Counsel, and Gerard J. Stief, Frederic H. Schuster, and Mark F. Sullivan, Associates General Counsel.

Stephan H. Peskin argued the cause and filed the brief for appellee.

Before: RANDOLPH and ROGERS, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.

RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:

The issues are whether this appeal is timely and, if so, whether sovereign immunity shields the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority from liability for the design of warning signs on Metro trains.

On February 5, 1999, six-year-old Tyri Brooks Hammond and his mother, Sherreal Abdulwali, were on the platform in the U Street-Cardozo Metrorail station, preparing to board...

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