Bio
Mitra Ebadolahi () has been with the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û since 2011. As a Border Litigation Project Staff Attorney, she focuses on identifying, documenting, and litigating human and civil rights violations along the U.S.-Mexico border. Her litigation thus lies at the intersection of immigrants' rights, racial justice, and police practices. Previously, she was the inaugural Nadine Strossen Fellow at the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û's National Security Project in New York, where her docket included cases challenging torture, mass surveillance, and racial and religious profiling. Prior to joining the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û, she clerked for the Honorable Betty B. Fletcher, U.S. Circuit Judge for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and for the Honorable Margaret M. Morrow, U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California. She holds degrees from New York University School of Law, the London School of Economics, and the University of California, Los Angeles.
Featured work
Sep 24, 2013
Deadly Force on the Border, Without Transparency or Accountability
Oct 29, 2012
Today at the Supreme Court: The Right to Challenge Warrantless Wiretapping
Oct 5, 2012
In Court Today: The Constitution Also Lives in Airports
Oct 3, 2012
Seeking the Truth ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û the CIA's Detainee Abuses
May 11, 2012
Resolution Introduced in House to Condemn NYPD Muslim Spying
Mar 13, 2012
CIA: We Do Not "Concede or Not Concede" that Waterboarding is Illegal
Feb 24, 2012
Associated Press Report Confirms Widespread Secret NYPD Surveillance of Innocent Muslims