Legal Opinion
Doe v. Duke Ellington Schoolof the Arts Project
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 5, 2022No. Civil Action No. 2022-0811Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JANE DOE, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 22-811 (JEB) DUKE ELLINGTON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS PROJECT, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION The Duke Ellington School of the Arts has a storied past as an incubator of artistic talent here in Washington. The events detailed in this lawsuit are not its proudest chapter. Plaintiff Jane Doe alleges that she was sexually abused by her Ellington teacher, Defendant Mark Williams, during several of her high-school years in the early 2000s. She asserts that the D.C. public-school system, Ellington,…
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