MINCH v. D.C.

No. 04-CV-1397.

952 A.2d 929 (2008)

Thomas MINCH, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 17, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel M. Finkelstein, for appellant.

Michelle C. Pardo, Special Assistant Attorney General for the District of Columbia, with whom, Edward E. Schwab, Deputy Attorney General at the time the brief was filed, and Mary T. Connelly, Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before RUIZ and KRAMER, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.


RUIZ, Associate Judge:

Thomas Minch appeals the trial court's grant of summary judgment for the District of Columbia in his civil suit for false arrest, false imprisonment, defamation, and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. The claims arise from Minch's arrest and overnight detention early in the investigation of the murder of Gallaudet University student Eric Plunkett. Joseph Mesa has since been convicted for the murder. Because the police...

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