D.C. Code § 11-1302
The Small Claims and Conciliation Branch, with a judge in attendance, shall be open for the transaction of business on every day of the year except Saturday afternoons, Sundays, and legal holidays, and shall hold at least one evening session during each week.
July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 489, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 111
1973 Ed., § 11-1302.
1981 Ed., § 11-1302.