Sampson v. D.C. Department of Corrections

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• construing motion to dismiss as motion to substitute and substituting the District as the proper defendant
• sua sponte ordering substitution of the District of Columbia where plaintiff had named the D.C. Department of Corrections
• sua sponte ordering substitution of the District of Columbia where plaintiff had named the D.C. Department of Corrections
• “When a plaintiff erroneously names as'a defendant a District of Columbia agency instead of the District of Columbia itself, a court may substitute the District as a defendant for its agency.”
• “When a plaintiff erroneously names as a defendant a District of Columbia agency instead of the District of Columbia itself, a court may substitute the District as a defendant for its agency.”
• “When a plaintiff erroneously names as a defendant a District of Columbia agency instead of the District of Columbia itself, a court may substitute the District as a defendant for its agency.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).