Remember Brooke Oberwetter, the D.C. woman who was arrested for dancing while listening to an iPod at the Jefferson Memorial? Oberwetter was one of a larger group of libertarian-leaning Washingtonians who gathered at the memorial to celebrate Jefferson’s birthday by quietly dancing, and she ended up being the only one handcuffed and arrested after U.S. Park Police officers tried to break up the party. The whole episode was captured on videotape.

Radley Balko reports today that Oberwetter has filed a civil suit against the officer, Kenneth Hilliard, who arrested her last year. Notably, Oberwetter is represented in her case by big time Virginia attorney Alan Gura, the same lawyer who successfully argued the Heller 2nd Amendment case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Seems likely the mere presence of Gura will get this thing settled pretty quickly, unless of course the attorney and his client plan to use the suit to make a larger point. Oberwetter’s complaint seeks compensatory and punitive damages for the claim that Hilliard violated her 1st and 4th amendment rights when he arrested her.