Ulysse v. Stokes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HUGUETTE ULYSSE, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 1:19-cv-01465 (CJN) METRO TRANSIT POLICE OFFICER DERRICK STOKES, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION On the morning of May 21, 2018, Huguette Ulysse boarded the Metrorail at the Greenbelt Station and rode it to Fort Totten. When Ulysse exited the station, Washington Metropolitan Transit Officer Derrick Stokes believed he observed Ulysse evade her transit fee by engaging in so-called “piggy-backing.” Officer Stokes’s attempt to talk to and then arrest Ulysse escalated into a physical…