Turner v. District of Columbia

• Court: District Court, District of Columbia
• Decided: February 27, 2014
• Docket: Civil Action No. 2014-0424
• Status: Published

Opinion

FILED

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FEB 2 7 20‘\|. DAVID LEWIS TURNER, JR~, C|erk, U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts Plaintiff, v. Civil Action N0. 4 4 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Defendant. MEMORANDUM and ORDER

The Court construes this pro se complaint as one bringing constitutional claims arising from plaintiffs arrest on September 2, 2011, by officers of the Metropolitan Police Department. Plaintiff names the Sixth District Metropolitan Police Station of the District of Columbia as the party defendant. Because it is a component of the District of Columbia govemment, it cannot be sued. See Hunt v. District of Columbz`a, N0. 02-7044, 2002 WL 1997987, at *l (D.C. Cir. 2002) (per curiam) ("The district court correctly concluded that appellee Metropolitan Police Department is non sui juris."); Braxton v. Natz`onal Capz'tal Housing Auth., 396 A.Zd 215, 216-17 (D.C. 1978) (per curiam) (concluding that defendant agency of the District government is not a suable entity). The Court will substitute the District of Columbia as the proper party defendant.

lt is hereby

ORDERED that the Sixth District Metropolitan Police Station of the District of Columbia is DISMISSED as a party to this action, and that this civil action shall proceed against the District of Columbia.

SO ORDERED

DATE:

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