Nichole C. Gatewood Case Study

The Office of the Attorney General, by Nichole C. Gatewood, Assistant Attorney General, in response to the Court’s May 11, 2018, Order (ECF No. 8) states as follows:
1. On March 28, 2018, this Court ordered that “The Office of the Attorney General shall investigate the identity of Officer Doe and file a report within 30 days of the date of this Order identifying Officer Doe or stating with particularity the reasons why the Officer cannot be identified. If Officer Doe can be identified, the report should also state if the Office of the Attorney General is willing to accept service on his behalf.” ECF No. 8, at ¶1.
2. The Office of the Attorney General for Maryland does not have direct access to the
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Service and the Division of Correction’s institutions’ records. Therefore, the OAG is not in a position to directly conduct the court ordered investigation. To comply with the Court’s order, Undersigned Counsel contacted the litigation coordinator for the Chesapeake Detention Facility (“CDF”) and requested that the intelligence division conduct the investigation and forward their findings for review.
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An investigation of CDF’s records was conducted by Acting Intelligence Captain
Danny Latimer in an effort to identify an officer described in Plaintiff’s complaint (ECF No. 4) as "a black male, dark skin, about 5'6" in height, with a stocky build and a strong African accent" that was working on the protective custody unit on September 2 and 15, 2015, at approximately 9:00 a.m. Exhibit 1, Declaration of Acting Investigative Captain Danny Latimer, with attachments, at p. 1,