Legal Opinion
Smith v. Public Def. Serv. for the DC
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 12, 1996No. 95-CV-363PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Senior Judge:
Appellant Percy William Smith appeals the trial court’s grant of appellees’, Public Defender Service’s and Avis E. Buchanan’s, motions to dismiss his civil action against them with prejudice. In an amended complaint Smith claims Buchanan, then a member of the Public Defender Service, committed legal malpractice in her representation of him in a criminal case. He asserts that Buchanan’s errors are actionable under theories of breach of contract, negligence, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and deprivation of rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We affirm.
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