Baker v. District of Columbia

WAGNER, Chief Judge.

Appellant, Tanya L. Baker, filed a complaint in Superior Court against appellee, District of Columbia, for mental distress, slander and defamation of character. Baker, an employee with the District’s Department of Corrections (DOC), alleged in the complaint that Ronald McClain, then Chief of DOC’s Office of Policies and Procedures, wrote a memorandum to the Director of the agency stating that Baker had engaged in an extramarital affair with John Thomas, then Executive Director of the Department, and subsequently a promotion request was sent forward for her. Baker asserted…