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Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Unknown Agents of the United States Marshals Service

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided June 25, 1992No. Civ. A. 92-0199PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

SPORKIN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are the operators of the Community for Creative Non-Violence homeless shelter (“CCNV shelter”) at 425 Second St., N.W., Washington, D.C. along with the class of homeless people who were present at the shelter in the early morning hours of January 9, 1992. Plaintiffs claim that the Defendants, the United States Marshals Service for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (“Marshals”), violated their Fourth Amendment rights when they conducted a pre-dawn ‘raid’ of the shelter that day. After conducting a trial in…

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