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Jun 2020
Harris v. Georgia Department of Corrections
On October 3, 2018, the 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia, together with National Association of the Deaf and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of deaf and hard of hearing people incarcerated in prisons supervised by the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC). The complaint highlights GDC鈥檚 failure to provide incarcerated deaf and hard of hearing people with equally effective communication access to programs, services, and activities, including medical care, telecommunications, and prison programs. Further, due to lack of access to interpreters and other communication accommodations, deaf prisoners are also often unable to explain or defend themselves when GDC takes disciplinary action against them.
Status: Ongoing
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Georgia
Apr 2020
Black Voters Matter v. Raffensperger
The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia filed a federal lawsuit April 8, 2020, on behalf of Black Voters Matter challenging the constitutionality of requiring voters to buy postage stamps when submitting mail-in absentee ballots and mailing in absentee ballot applications. This is tantamount to a poll tax.
Status: Ongoing
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Georgia
Voting Rights
Black Voters Matter v. Raffensperger
The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia filed a federal lawsuit April 8, 2020, on behalf of Black Voters Matter challenging the constitutionality of requiring voters to buy postage stamps when submitting mail-in absentee ballots and mailing in absentee ballot applications. This is tantamount to a poll tax.
Apr 2020
Status: Ongoing
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Georgia
Oct 2018
Georgia Muslim Voter Project v. Kemp
The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Brian Kemp and all county registrars demanding they provide due process for Georgia voters whose absentee ballots or applications are being rejected due to an alleged mismatch of signatures.
Status: Ongoing
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Georgia
Voting Rights
Georgia Muslim Voter Project v. Kemp
The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Brian Kemp and all county registrars demanding they provide due process for Georgia voters whose absentee ballots or applications are being rejected due to an alleged mismatch of signatures.
Oct 2018
Status: Ongoing
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Georgia
Jun 2018
Coen v. Georgia Department of Corrections
The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia, together with the National Association of the Deaf and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, filed a motion in federal court to pursue a class action lawsuit on behalf of deaf and hard of hearing people imprisoned in and released from the Georgia Department of Corrections. The proposed complaint highlights how prison, probation, and parole systems fail deaf prisoners 鈥� leading deaf people to go to prison more often, stay longer, and return more quickly.
Status: Closed (Voluntarily Dismissed)
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Georgia
Disability Rights
Coen v. Georgia Department of Corrections
The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia, together with the National Association of the Deaf and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, filed a motion in federal court to pursue a class action lawsuit on behalf of deaf and hard of hearing people imprisoned in and released from the Georgia Department of Corrections. The proposed complaint highlights how prison, probation, and parole systems fail deaf prisoners 鈥� leading deaf people to go to prison more often, stay longer, and return more quickly.
Jun 2018
Status: Closed (Voluntarily Dismissed)
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Georgia
Aug 2017
Alisha Coleman v. Bobby Dodd Institute
The 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia and co-counsel Buckley Beal LLP filed a brief in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals arguing that their client, Alisha Coleman, was subjected to unlawful workplace discrimination when she was fired for experiencing a heavy period, a symptom of premenopause.
Status: Ongoing
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Georgia
Women's Rights
Alisha Coleman v. Bobby Dodd Institute
The 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia and co-counsel Buckley Beal LLP filed a brief in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals arguing that their client, Alisha Coleman, was subjected to unlawful workplace discrimination when she was fired for experiencing a heavy period, a symptom of premenopause.
Aug 2017
Status: Ongoing
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Georgia
Mar 2015
Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, et al. v. Deal
On June 2, 2011, the 老澳门开奖结果 Immigrants鈥� Rights Project joined with the 老澳门开奖结果 Racial Justice Project, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Asian Law Caucus, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), and private co-counsel to file a lawsuit challenging Georgia's anti-immigrant law, HB 87, which was inspired by Arizona's notorious SB 1070. The Georgia law authorized police to demand "papers" demonstrating citizenship or immigration status during traffic stops, criminalized Georgians in their daily interaction with immigrants, and made it nearly impossible for individuals without specific identification documents to access state facilities and services.
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Georgia
Immigrants' Rights
Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, et al. v. Deal
On June 2, 2011, the 老澳门开奖结果 Immigrants鈥� Rights Project joined with the 老澳门开奖结果 Racial Justice Project, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Asian Law Caucus, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), and private co-counsel to file a lawsuit challenging Georgia's anti-immigrant law, HB 87, which was inspired by Arizona's notorious SB 1070. The Georgia law authorized police to demand "papers" demonstrating citizenship or immigration status during traffic stops, criminalized Georgians in their daily interaction with immigrants, and made it nearly impossible for individuals without specific identification documents to access state facilities and services.
Mar 2015
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