STEWART v. ST. ELIZABETHS HOSP.

No. 09-7013.

589 F.3d 1305 (2010)

Trina STEWART, Appellant v. ST. ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL and District of Columbia Department of Mental Health, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 5, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Alexis Jones argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

Holly M. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, argued the cause for appellees. Peter J. Nickles, Attorney General, Todd S. Kim, Solicitor General, and Donna M. Murasky, Deputy Solicitor General of the District of Columbia, were with her on the briefs.

Before TATEL and KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judges, and RANDOLPH, Senior Circuit Judge.


KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judge.

Trina Stewart worked for about 20 years as a housekeeping aide at St. Elizabeths* Hospital in Washington, D.C. In January 2002, St. Elizabeths transferred Stewart to a part of the hospital known as the John Howard Pavilion, a maximum-security facility that houses mentally ill patients who have been charged with or convicted of crimes. Stewart alleges that the stress of working there caused her mental health to...

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