COMMUNITY FOR CREATIVE NON-VIOLENCE v. UNKNOWN AGENTS

Civ. A. No. 92-0199.

791 F.Supp. 1 (1992)

COMMUNITY FOR CREATIVE NON-VIOLENCE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNKNOWN AGENTS OF the UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

May 5, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret M. Zwisler, Lois G. Williams, Richard A. Ripley, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Jay Stephens, John C. Cleary, Office of the U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SPORKIN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are the operators and nearly 500 occupants of a homeless shelter in Washington, D.C. They bring this action under both 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Plaintiffs claim that the Defendants violated their rights in conducting an early morning "raid" on the homeless shelter in the process of executing an arrest warrant.

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