Legal Opinion
Hammond v. Weekes
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 12, 1993No. 91-CV-1092 & 91-CV-1128PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
The trial court dismissed appellant’s tort action for lack of prosecution. Appellant — who was incarcerated in Tennessee for a criminal offense at the time the court dismissed this case — contends the trial court erred (1) in denying his motion for waiver of costs, (2) in refusing to grant his petition for a writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum, and (3) in denying his motion for continuance. 1 We dismiss the appeal in No. 91-CV-1092 for lack of jurisdiction and affirm the judgment appealed from in No. 91-CV-1128.
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On June 17, 1986, appellant, Arthur Hammond, who was…
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