DOE v. MERCER

Civil Action No. 98-10649-RGS.

31 F.Supp.2d 208 (1998)

Jane DOE v. Ronald MERCER, Michael Irvin, Chauncey Billups, and Antoine Walker.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

December 18, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret A. Burnham, Carolyn Clark, Burnham, Hines & Dilday, Boston, MA, Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, for Jane Doe.

Marcia K. Sowles, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Washington, DC, David S. Mackey, U.S. Attorney's Office, Boston, MA, for U.S.

Dennis J. Kelly, Anthony J. Fitzpatrick, Burns & Levinson, Boston, MA, for Ronald Mercer.

Willie J. Davis, Davis, Robinson & White, Boston, MA, Dennis J. Kelly, Burns & Levinson, Boston, MA, for Michael Irvin and Chauncey Billups.

Nicholas C. Theodorou, David A. Anderson, Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Boston, MA, Dennis J. Kelly, Burns & Levinson, Boston, MA, for Antoine Walker.

Alice E. Richmond, Richmond, Pauly & Ault, Boston, MA, Julie Goldscheid, NOW Legal Defense Fund, New York City, for Legal Defense and Education Fund.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT ANTOINE WALKER'S MOTION TO DISMISS

STEARNS, District Judge.

Jane Doe, a pseudonymous plaintiff, alleges that defendant Antoine Walker was negligent in failing to come to her aid while she was being raped by defendants Michael Irvin, Ronald Mercer and Chauncey Billups. The sexual assault allegedly occurred in Walker's home. The defendants are professional basketball players and teammates.

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