Legal Opinion
Silver v. D.C. Metropolitan Police Department
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 16, 2013No. Civil Action No. 2012-1213PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, District Judge.
Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, sues the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) and three MPD officers for $5 million. The complaint arises out of plaintiffs alleged encounter with the MPD officers on May. 7, 2009, at plaintiffs grandmother’s house. Defendants move to dismiss the complaint pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro cedure on the grounds that (1) MPD cannot be sued in its own name, and (2) plaintiff has stated no claim for compensatory damages under federal law “for the warrantless…
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