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NY 100-161445 "He asked $100,000 damages from the District government and Kenneth L. Hardy, director of the D.C. Department of Corrections; Charles M. Rodgers, superintendent of the jail, and an unidentified Person who actually took the blood sample. "The suit also asked $100,000 from Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell and the federal government, claiming Mitchell and the government were 'negligent in supervising’ the jail. "Hoffman also seeks $100,000 alleging he was deprived of his rights and privileges guaranteed by the - Constitution. . - "He was arrested Oct. 3 on the charge of desecrating a United States flag and was later sentenced to $100 fine or 30 days in jail, which he has appealed. "The arrest occurred as he was on his way to the Capitol to testify before the House committee investigating incidents at the Democratic convention last Suuser lu Chicago. Police ciaimed he was wearing a shirt which appeared to be made from a U.S. flag." "The New York Times" in its August 1, 1969 issue on page 19, carried an article datelined “Washington, July 31 (AP)" and entitled "Yippie Leader Files Suit; Says He Became Ill in Jail", which stated as follows: "Abbie Hoffman, Youth International party {iippse) leader and antiwar demonstrator, has filed a 300,000 damage action charging he contracted hepatitis while in a District of Columbia jail last October. "Mr. Hoffman, 33 years old, contends that either the needle or the vial used in a blood test carried germs that caused an infection. He says he suffered permanent physical injury. =16-