Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

This writing

Type
Opinion of the Court
Filed
June 10, 2019
Case
Hiligh v. Sands
Case status
Decided

Source No authoring judge could be established for this writing, either from provider metadata or from the signature line of the court's published opinion. Benchlight shows the gap rather than guessing at an author.

Opening text

The first passage of the document, as extracted by the source provider.

CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge In January 1997, Wilbur Hiligh was seriously injured while working at a Federal *71Express facility in Washington, D.C. He retained a law firm, Duncan and Hopkins, P.C., to represent him in seeking remedy. In 2000, the firm filed a civil suit on his behalf but dismissed it after realizing it had…

Source Extract supplied by CourtListener. Benchlight does not host the document — read the authoritative text in the court's own PDF.