Legal Opinion

Bush v. Semyenova

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided June 9, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2016-2084PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

RANDOLPH D. MOSS, United States District Judge

In September 2014, Yusuf Bush pled guilty to one count of first degree sexual abuse in D.C. Superior Court. Dkt. 1 at 2-3; Dkt. 8-2 at 5. He soon regretted that decision and attempted to withdraw his plea. Dkt. 1 at 4; Dkt. 8-2 at 5. The Superior Court denied his motion, Dkt. 8-3 at 45, and the D.C. Court of Appeals affirmed, Dkt. 13-1. While his appeal was pending, Bush filed this suit against the D.C. public defender who represented him at the time he entered his guilty plea, Katerina Semyenova. Bush alleges that she “coerced…

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