Elaine Jones v. United States

Glickman, Associate Judge:

In September 2013, appellant Elaine Jones was homeless and slept at night in a cardboard box on the floor of a Metro train station. On one such evening, a man who had camped next to her objected to her presence and, after , kicking her, extended his feet onto her box and refused to remove them. Hoping to induce him to withdraw, and having no other means at her disposal, Ms. Jones then took out her cigarette lighter and lit a corner of her card? board box near where her tormentor had lodged his feet. When this gesture proved to be futile because the man .ignored the…