Hamilton v. United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEANDRE LAMONT HAMILTON, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 19-1105 (RDM) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER This case tragically illustrates the old legal maxim that a misstep, like a rock thrown into a pond, can cause “ripples to spread” such that the “history of that pond is altered to all eternity.” Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.,

162 N.E. 99, 103

(1928) (Andrews, J., dissenting). In 2016, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia granted pretrial release to Wayne Wright, on the condition…