Legal Opinion
Burton v. District of Columbia Department of Corrections
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 9, 2025No. Civil Action No. 2019-2769Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DUANE BURTON, Plaintiff, v. No. 19-cv-2769 (TSC) WANDA PATTEN, et al., Defendants. OPINION & ORDER From 2019 until 2021, pro se Plaintiff Duane Burton was held at the D.C. Jail while awaiting trial on federal criminal charges. See Second Am. Compl. at 12, 16, ECF No. 74. In 2019, Burton sued the D.C. Department of Corrections, challenging conditions at the Jail. See generally Compl., ECF No. 1. Although Burton was transferred to a federal prison in Virginia in 2021, see Notice of Change of Address, ECF No. 42, he continued to press his…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Dewey Baker v. Director, United States Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
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- Christopher B. Propert v. District of Columbia, a Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
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