Legal Opinion
Strange v. Chumas
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 30, 1983No. Civ. A. 83-1719PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
GESELL, District Judge.
Plaintiff, an employee of defendant Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), was arrested on September 6, 1982, by defendant Chumas, a WMA-TA transit police officer, at the Union Station Metrorail terminal and charged with attempted breaking and entering, petit larceny, embezzlement and destruction of property. All charges were later dropped or dismissed. On June 15, 1983, plaintiff brought the present civil suit alleging that WMATA negligently and intentionally failed properly to supervise its police force and violated 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the…
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