Legal Opinion
Doe v. District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 29, 2008No. 06-CV-1425PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Associate Judge:
Appellant whom we will refer to as “John Doe” or “Doe,” 1 filed an action in the District of Columbia Superior Court under the District of Columbia Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) 2 against former Chief Charles Ramsey of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). 3 Doe, who is incarcerated, sought documents that he believed would help him in a collateral challenge of his 1999 conviction, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and heroin. After the trial court granted the District’s motion for…
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