Legal Opinion
Chambers v. Gesell
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 21, 1988No. Civ. A. No. 87-1622PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
JOHN H. PRATT, District Judge.
Plaintiff Benjamin Chambers initiated this action against the Honorable Gerhard A. Gesell, a federal district court judge, on June 15, 1987 alleging that his First and Fifth Amendment rights had been violated when Judge Gesell dismissed and refused to reinstate Benjamin Chambers v. James A. Finney, C.A. 86-2965, a civil action previously brought by plaintiff and dismissed by Judge Oberdorfer on February 27, 1987 [available on WESTLAW, 1987 WL 8714].1 When Judge Gesell declined to reinstate the earlier action, plaintiff filed the instant suit…
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- Edward Haase v. William S. Sessions, Director, F.B.I.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
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