Resource: D.C. Blocking Passage Settlement

Alexander v. District of Columbia is a class action lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The lawsuit alleges that the District of Columbia has a policy or practice of arresting people without probable cause for blocking passage or incommoding and doing so in a racially discriminatory way. The Plaintiff in this case sued the Defendant, the District of Columbia and claims that the Defendant violated the Fourth Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution. Money damages, declaratory judgment, the expungement of arrest records, and attorney’s fees and costs have been sought against Defendant. The Defendant denies all of these allegations.