United States DC Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants-college students in a defamation suit arising from a neighborhood dispute is affirmed where the qualified privilege of self-defense applied to the statements at issue, and there was no error in certain pretrial rulings of the district court.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/10/2006
• Published 02/13/2006

Judges

• Before:  SENTELLE, HENDERSON, and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alan V. Washburn, appearing pro se, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Keisha A. Gary argued the cause for appellees.   With her on the brief were Woody N. Peterson and Peter J. Kadzik.