Judge rules officers have no standing to sue over Capitol Jan. 6 plaque

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National Headlines- October 1 2026

National Headlines- October 1 2026

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that two police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, have no standing to sue over their names — and those of other first responders — not appearing on a plaque commemorating law enforcement’s response to the attack.

U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich said she would grant the Architect of the Capitol’s motion to dismiss former U.S. Capitol policeman Harry Dunn and active D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges’s lawsuit “for lack of jurisdiction.”

The two officers sued the architect over the missing names, as the plaque only lists law enforcement agencies and organizations that sent personnel to defend the Capitol “alongside a QR code that visitors may scan to access the officers’ names,” court documents show.

Text on the plaque reads: “On behalf of a grateful........

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