Ali v. District of Columbia

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.

TATEL, Circuit Judge:

A District of Columbia inmate claims that following his transfer from the District’s Lorton Correctional Facility to a Virginia prison pursuant to an interstate compact, Virginia officials used excessive force in restraining him, required him to register under his birth name rather than his religiously inspired legal name, and neglected to give him the insulin he required, resulting in his leg becoming dangerously infected. The inmate also claims that the District denied him access to the courts by failing to transport…