Legal Opinion
Gales v. District of Columbia
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 27, 1999No. Civ.A. 98-0401(JR)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
ROBERTSON, District Judge.
In this action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Norma Gales sued the Dis trict of Columbia, the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”), and several MPD officers. She alleged that several officers, without probable cause, wrongfully or recklessly obtained a warrant for an address that did not exist; that they and other officers unreasonably relied on that warrant to search her home; and that the officers used excessive force and continued their search after realizing that her address was not the address stated on the face of the warrant. Gales also…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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