Legal Opinion
Alexander v. Government of the District of Columbia
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 1, 2020No. Civil Action No. 2017-1885Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) JOSEPH ALEXANDER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 17-1885 (ABJ) ) GOVERNMENT OF ) THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ) ) Defendant. ) ____________________________________) MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff Joseph Alexander is an African American man who was arrested in August of 2015 for violating a District of Columbia law that makes it unlawful for a person “[t]o crowd, obstruct, or incommode . . . [t]he use of any street, avenue, alley, road, highway, or sidewalk.”
D.C. Code § 22-1307. He has filed a…
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