D.C. Court Extends Answer Deadline in 911 Whistleblower Case

A District of Columbia court extended D.C.'s deadline to respond to answer a whistleblower complaint by Cleo Subido, the former interim director of the Office of Unified Communications (OUC). Subido alleged at the D.C. Superior Court that Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) and the District retaliated against her after she disclosed problems at the 911 center (see 2306230005). In a Thursday order, Judge Neal Kravitz denied Subido’s motion for the entry of a default due to defendants’ failure to answer by an Oct. 16 deadline. The judge gave defendants until Dec. 4 to answer in case 2023-CAB-001335. In an Oct. 16 order, Kravatz dismissed the District’s OUC and Fire and Emergency Medical Services, plus Bowser in her official capacity, as defendants in the case. However, the judge said “the complaint otherwise alleges plausible claims of retaliatory harassment and retaliation” against D.C. and Bowser personally.