Legal Opinion

Dormu v. District of Columbia

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided June 7, 2011No. Civil Action 08-00309 (HHK)PublishedCited by 96 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HENRY H. KENNEDY, JR., District Judge.

Jeffery J. Dormu, an African American, brings this action against the District of Columbia (“District”) as well as Scott S. Pinto, Maurice C. Clifford, Jeffery P. Janczyk, and Ramey Kyle — all officers of the Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) (collectively, “defendants”). This case arises out of an encounter between Dormu and the four police officers while Dormu sat in his car across the street from his mother’s house. The encounter ended in Dormu being arrested for, charged with, and eventually acquitted of disorderly conduct and…

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3Cited by96 opinions

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