Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MID-ATLANTIC INNOCENCE PROJECT, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 23-cv-2112 (BAH) v. Judge Beryl A. Howell FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION On December 13, 1994, a D.C. Superior Court jury convicted Kenneth G. Copeland for the November 28, 1992, first-degree premeditated murder of Wayne Edelin and for possessing a firearm during a crime of violence. See Pl.’s Cross-Mot. for Summ. J. (“Pl.’s Opp’n”), Ex. 9, Trial (Dec. 13, 1994) Tr. at 765:8-18, ECF No. 27-4. More than three decades later, plaintiff,…