Amobi, et al. v. D.C. Dept. of Corrections, et al.

Docket Number12-7090
Decision Date27 June 2014

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    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — District of Columbia
    • March 23, 2018
    ...Fourth Amendment." Pitt v. District of Columbia , 491 F.3d 494, 511 (D.C. Cir. 2007) (emphasis added); accord Amobi v. D.C. Dep't of Corr. , 755 F.3d 980, 993 (D.C. Cir. 2014) ; Demery v. Montgomery Cty. , 602 F.Supp.2d 206, 212 (D.D.C. 2009) (holding that plaintiff alleging "the unreasonab......
  • Jackson v. Dist. of Columbia
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — District of Columbia
    • August 24, 2018
    ...of the defendants, which (2) intentionally or recklessly (3) causes the plaintiff severe emotional distress." Amobi v. D.C. Dep't of Corr. , 755 F.3d 980, 995 (D.C. Cir. 2014) (quoting Futrell v. Dep't of Labor Fed. Credit Union , 816 A.2d 793, 808 (D.C. 2003) ). "The conduct alleged must b......
  • Hargraves v. Dist. of Columbia
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — District of Columbia
    • September 22, 2015
    ...of the defendants, which (2) intentionally or recklessly (3) causes the plaintiff severe emotional distress.’ " Amobi v. D.C. Dep't of Corr., 755 F.3d 980, 995 (D.C.Cir.2014) (quoting Futrell v. Dep't of Labor Fed. Credit Union, 816 A.2d 793, 808 (D.C.2003) ); see also Cooke–Seals v. Distri......
  • Sobin v. Dist. of Columbia
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — District of Columbia
    • August 14, 2020
    ...– such as the Department of Motor Vehicles – are not suable as separate entities. See, e.g., Amobi v. District of Columbia Dept. of Corrections , 755 F.3d 980, 987 n. 5 (D.C. Cir. 2014) ; see also Nix El v. Williams , 174 F. Supp. 3d 87, 93 (D.D.C. 2016) (same); Hickman v. Library of Congre......
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  • Miscellaneous
    • United States
    • ABA Antitrust Library Model Jury Instructions in Civil Antitrust Cases
    • December 8, 2016
    ...the due diligence requirement is not satisfied. Klehr v. A.O. Smith Corp., 521 U.S. 179, 195 (1997); see Amobi v. D.C. Dep’t of Corr., 755 F.3d 980, 988 (D.C. Cir. 2014) (“Our cases require that the information concealed be ‘so material in character that knowledge of a basis for, or intelli......
  • Prisoners' Rights
    • United States
    • Georgetown Law Journal No. 110-Annual Review, August 2022
    • August 1, 2022
    ...in individual capacities and not entitled to sovereign immunity solely because of off‌icial nature of acts); Amobi v. D.C. Dep’t of Corr., 755 F.3d 980, 990 (D.C. Cir. 2014) (cognizable § 1983 claim for personal liability against jail off‌icials when plaintiff proves off‌icials caused depri......