Legal Opinion
Polk v. District of Columbia
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 26, 2000No. CIV.A. 99-3088(RMU)PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
URBINA, District Judge.
Denying in Part Defendant Nelson Valdes’s Motion to Dismiss
I. INTRODUCTION
This matter comes before the court upon defendant Nelson Valdes’s motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, for summary judgment. The plaintiffs, Donna Polk and Christopher Bell, allege that Detective Valdes, individually and iti his official capacity as an officer of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (“MPD”), deprived them of their constitutional rights in violation of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, and 1988, and the First, Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth…
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