Overview
- U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs dismissed eight of ten claims in Marwa Khudaynazar’s federal suit, allowing only a First Amendment retaliation claim against the city to proceed.
- Burroughs questioned the strength of the remaining claim but found Khudaynazar had plausibly alleged protected speech related to her statements to police about a senior official.
- Separately, a Boston Municipal Court judge dismissed the domestic-assault charge against former City Hall staffer Chulan Huang on Jan. 29 for want of prosecution after the reported victim did not testify.
- Khudaynazar still faces an assault-and-battery-on-a-police-officer charge with a municipal trial scheduled next month, according to court records.
- City and external probes previously cleared Segun Idowu of policy violations, and he has announced his resignation effective later this month, while Huang says he is innocent and is evaluating legal options.