The New York Times-20080125--John Doe- Files Lawsuit- -Brief-

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'John Doe' Files Lawsuit; [Brief]

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A cyclist is suing the United States Anti-Doping Agency for overreaching its own rules and protocols, claiming the agency had planned to test the cyclist's backup urine sample even though the original A sample test came back negative. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday on behalf of John Doe in Los Angeles County Superior Court, seeks an injunction to prevent the agency from ever testing the B sample. The agency originally planned to test the B sample Jan. 15, the lawsuit says, but after the plaintiff's lawyers demanded the agency scrap that test, the agency canceled it.The lawsuit calls for a jury trial and seeks to recoup damages the plaintiff claims were incurred when the antidoping agency revealed the case to race organizers and the U.C.L.A. testing lab.The plaintiff's name is redacted in the 25-page lawsuit, but the cyclist's lawyers are Maurice Suh and Howard Jacobs, the same team that represents Floyd Landis in his doping case.Landis told The Associated Press he was not the plaintiff. The dates in the lawsuit did not conform to Landis's 2006 Tour de France dates.