Legal Opinion
United States v. Farris
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 18, 2026No. Criminal No. 2026-0140Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. Case No. 26-mj-140 MELISSA FARRIS, Defendant. MEMORANDUM ORDER Melissa Farris stands charged by criminal complaint with two felony offenses: (1) willful injury or depredation of property of the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1361; and (2) destruction of a veterans’ memorial in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1369. The charges stem from Ms. Farris’s alleged vandalism of the World War II Memorial on the National Mall by placing bubbles into the Memorial’s fountain and spray-painting part of its facade,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. SalernoSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- United States v. Singleton, Carlos T.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1999
- United States v. Eric MunchelCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2021
- United States v. FiandorDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1995