"When he successfully defeated the government’s motion for summary judgment, Drake was provided with pro bono counsel. The volunteers, Andrew Campbell and Haroon Anwar, both attorneys at Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, did additional discovery and took the case to a bench trial in December 2015.

It was Campbell’s first case where the U.S. government was the defendant and Anwar’s first trial experience. The pair prepared the case and prepped their client, advising him not to waste his time in court taking out his frustrations but to maintain a professional demeanor.

After the one-day trial, Judge Tanya Walton Pratt ruled in favor of Drake and awarded him $10,000, the amount he originally requested in his complaint."

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