    Sentence I: in May 2002 , Malikah Alkebulan  and Deirdre Smail filed a federal lawsuit in  8 for more than $ 20 million in   s after the MTA objected to their  headdresses .    Sentence 2 in May , Alkebulan and Deirdre  ‘Small filed a federal lawsuit in Brooklyn that  ‘seeks more than $20 million in damages , Hart  said.