Degree v. City of Lowell

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS DEVANTE DEGREE, Plaintiff, v. CIVIL ACTION NO. 24-12415-NMG CITY OF LOWELL, et al., Defendants. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION ON LOWELL DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS (#19) KELLEY, U.S.M.J. I. Introduction. After numerous criminal charges and civil violations were brought against him (and later dismissed) as a result of what he claims was a campaign of harassment and intimidation, Plaintiff DeVanté DeGree sued the City of Lowell (“the City”), several Lowell Police Department (“LPD”) officers, one LPD detective,1 and one Massachusetts State…