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SMALLWOOD v. DC METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPT.

No. 07-CV-851.

956 A.2d 705 (2008)

Buddy E. SMALLWOOD, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT, Appellee. (CAP26-04).

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 18, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc L. Wilhite, for appellant.

Mary L. Wilson, Assistant Attorney General for the District of Columbia, with whom Peter J. Nickles, Interim Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim, Solicitor General, Donna M. Murasky, Deputy Solicitor General, and Pastell Vann, Senior Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, PRYOR, and SCHWELB, Senior Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Sergeant Buddy Smallwood appeals from a Superior Court order affirming the Metropolitan Police Department's determination that minor injuries he incurred defending himself from an armed aggressor while off-duty in Maryland were not sustained in the performance of his duties as an MPD officer. We affirm.

I.

Smallwood has been a Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officer since 1964. One evening in January of 2004, when Smallwood was off...

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