Legal Opinion
Powers-Bunce v. District of Columbia
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 27, 2008No. Civil Action 06-1586 (RMC)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, District Judge.
On July 15, 2004, Terence Anthony Powers committed suicide in a holding cell at the Metropolitan Police Department’s Third District precinct headquarters only hours after he was arrested for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and driving with a suspended license. Mr. Powers’ mother, Plaintiff Patricia Powers-Bunce, has sued the District of Columbia and several individual Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) and United States Secret Service (“USSS”) officers, seeking to hold them legally accountable for her son’s suicide.
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