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Case Name
Black Lives Matter D.C. v. Trump
PN-DC-0014
Docket / Court
1:20-cv-01469 ( D.D.C. )
State/Territory
District of Columbia
Case Type(s)
Policing
Special Collection
Litigation Against Federal Police (2020)
Police Violence Protests (Spring/Summer 2020)
Attorney Organization
ACLU Affiliates (any)
Washington Lawyers' Committee
Case Summary
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Issues and Causes of Action
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Issues
Constitutional Clause
Freedom of speech/association
Unreasonable search and seizure
Defendant-type
Jurisdiction-wide
Law-enforcement
General
Excessive force
Pepper/OC spray
Causes of Action
42 U.S.C. ยง 1983
42 U.S.C. § 1985
Case Details
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Defendant(s)
Acting Chief of U.S. Park Police
Attorney General William Barr
Chief of Staff James McConville
Director James Murray
Mark Esper
President Donald Trump
Plaintiff Description
Plaintiffs are participants in the Washington D.C. protest in Lafayette Square Park on June 1st, 2020. They sought class certification, but that has not been granted as of this writing (April 21, 2021).
Indexed Lawyer Organizations
ACLU Affiliates (any)
Washington Lawyers' Committee
Class action status sought
Yes
Class action status granted
Pending
Filed Pro Se
No
Prevailing Party
None Yet / None
Public Int. Lawyer
Yes
Nature of Relief
None yet
Source of Relief
None yet
Filed
06/04/2020
Case Ongoing
Yes
Related Cases
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Case Listing
PN-DC-0015
: Buchanan v. Trump (D.D.C.)
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Black Lives Matter D.C. v. Trump - Challenging Federal Officers' Unprovoked Attack on Civil Rights Demonstrators at Lafayette Square in Front of the White House
ACLU of DC
Date: Jun. 4, 2020
By: ACLU of DC
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Court
Docket(s)
D.D.C.
03/23/2021
1:20-cv-01469-DLF
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General Documents
D.D.C.
06/04/2020
Complaint [ECF# 1]
PN-DC-0014-0001.pdf
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D.D.C.
06/09/2020
First Amended Class Action Complaint [ECF# 11]
PN-DC-0014-0002.pdf
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D.D.C.
09/03/2020
Third Amended Class Action Complaint [ECF# 52]
PN-DC-0014-0003.pdf
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Judges
Friedrich, Dabney Langhorne
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Plaintiff's Lawyers
Ago, Arthur
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Banner, Kaitlin Rose
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Baron, Noah
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Brody, David
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Brown, Tristin
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Corkery, Dennis A.
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Gordon, Arusha
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Greenbaum, Jon M.
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Kouba, David E
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Lieberman, Hannah E. M.
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McSorley, Thomas Dallas
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Michelman, Scott
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Smith, Johnathan James
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Tabriz, Sonia
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Defendant's Lawyers
Barr, William P.
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Blackman, Duane Gordon
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Corr, MinhChau Nguyen
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Cutler, David G.
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Hair, Christopher Charles
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Mahard, Sean Patrick
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Martin, John BlairFishwick
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Samuel, Ryan Carson
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Zampogna, Christopher A
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Other Lawyers
Brown, Bruce D
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Freedman, John A.
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Klein, Eric Lawrence
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