Turpin v. District of Columbia

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHARLES TURPIN et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 22-1807 (TJK) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Charles Turpin and Regina Jackson sue the District of Columbia and Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Chen over a September 2020 incident in which officers responded to a complaint of a domestic disturbance at Turpin’s apartment. They allege that Officer Chen violated their Fourth Amendment rights when he entered the apartment, seized suspected illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia, and arrested them. They…