Legal Opinion
Robert H. Triplett v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 21, 1997No. 96-7016PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
Robert H. Triplett sued the District of Columbia for injuries apparently inflicted by two D.C. correctional officers at the city’s Occoquan Facility in Lorton, Virginia, where Triplett was serving a 40-year term for armed robbery. Our account of the facts comes entirely from the testimony of plaintiff and his experts. This is because the magistrate judge who tried the case sanctioned the District for discovery abuses, denying it the right to call witnesses; the District has not cited the ruling as error.
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