Legal Opinion
Griggs v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 1, 2000No. 00-7108PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.
ROGERS, Circuit Judge:
In this interlocutory appeal, the court addresses whether an employee of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA”) is absolutely immune from suit for negligent conduct arising during the course of making an arrest. As a result of his arrest, Huilón Griggs sued WMATA and Metro Transit Police Officer Douglas Haymans, as well as the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, alleging in part that Officer Haymans negligently failed to control his police dog in the course of arresting Griggs. The district court…
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