DOE v. MERCER

No. Civ.A. 98-10649-RGS.

37 F.Supp.2d 64 (1999)

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

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

February 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret A. Burnham, Carolyn Clark, Burnham, Hines & Dilday, Boston, MA, Charles Ogletree, 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, Chauncey Billups.

Willie J. Davis, Davis, Robinson & White, Boston, MA, Dennis J. Kelly, Anthony J. Fitzpatrick, Burns & Levinson, Boston, MA, for Michael Ervin.

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

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


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS

STEARNS, District Judge.

On April 4, 1998, Jane Doe, a pseudonymous plaintiff, brought this Complaint against defendants Ronald Mercer, Michael Irvin, and Chauncey Billups.1 Doe claims that the three men raped her.2 She seeks civil damages from the defendants under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), 42 U.S.C. § 13981. Before the...

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