LEADERS OF BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE v. BAL. POLICE DEPT.

No. 20-1495.

979 F.3d 219 (2020)

LEADERS OF A BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE; Erricka Bridgeford; Kevin James, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BALTIMORE POLICE DEPARTMENT; Michael S. Harrison, in his official capacity as Baltimore Police Commissioner, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: November 5, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Brett Max Kaufman , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, New York, New York, for Appellants. Rachel Simmonsen , BALTIMORE CITY LAW DEPARTMENT, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: David R. Rocah , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland; Ashley Gorski , Alexia Ramirez , Nathan Freed Wessler , Ben Wizner , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, New York, New York, for Appellants.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Niemeyer joined. Chief Judge Gregory wrote a dissenting opinion.


Plaintiffs appeal the district court's denial of their request for a preliminary injunction against Baltimore's aerial surveillance program. For the reasons set forth herein, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the preliminary injunction.

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