Legal Opinion
Young v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 25, 2000No. 97-CV-1354PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAGNER, Chief Judge:
Appellant, Willie D. Young, appeals from an order of the trial court granting summary judgment to appellee, District of Columbia (District), on Young’s complaint for damages for wrongful eviction, negligence, and deprivation of constitutional rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In his complaint, Young alleged that the District, acting through officers of the Metropolitan Police Department, assisted his sublessor in wrongfully evicting him from property in which he claimed to be a sublessee. Concluding that Young was “a mere occupant, arguably a trespasser, wrongfully in…
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