Legal Opinion
D.H. v. City of N.Y.
District Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided January 9, 2018No. 16 Civ. 7698 (PKC)(KNF)PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CASTEL, United States District Judge
D.H., N.H., K.H., Natasha Martin, and Tiffaney Grissom, who are transgender, and Rosa Gonzalez, Adrienne Bankston, and Sarah Marchando, who are not, are eight women of color who were arrested under New York's prohibition against loitering for the purpose of prostitution, N.Y. Penal Law § 240.37(2). Each maintains that she was arrested for "doing nothing more than walking down the street in the neighborhood[ ] where [she] live[s]." (Dkt. 93 at 1). The charges against plaintiffs were ultimately either dismissed or adjourned in contemplation of dismissal.…
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