Legal Opinion
Smith v. Dist. of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 30, 2018No. Civil Action No. 15–0161 (ABJ)PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMY BERMAN JACKSON, United States District Judge
In 2014, plaintiff Gregory Smith was held at the D.C. jail for twenty-three days after a judge ordered that he be released. The District of Columbia has not suggested that there was any legal justification for this undisputed "overdetention"; what is at stake is whether plaintiff has founded his claims for redress on the appropriate legal theories, and whether he has come forward with sufficient evidence to support them.
Plaintiff sued the District of Columbia and two individuals who worked for the *233Department of Corrections ("DOC"): Jeanette…
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