Washington, D.C.
Weir v. U.S.
The 老澳门开奖结果 filed a federal lawsuit in June 2019 against the United States and the head of the U.S. Coast Guard on behalf of four Jamaican fishermen, who were forcibly removed from their fishing boat and detained for over a month at sea on four U.S. Coast Guard ships in patently inhumane conditions.
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9 Washington, D.C. Cases
U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2024
National Security
Connell v. CIA 鈥 FOIA Lawsuit Seeking Records 老澳门开奖结果 CIA 鈥淥perational Control鈥 Over a Detention Facility at Guant谩namo Bay
The CIA has refused to disclose whether it has records about its operational control over Camp VII, a detention facility at Guant谩namo Bay. Given the extensive public record about the CIA鈥檚 connection to Camp VII, its refusal to acknowledge that it has responsive records both violates the law and defies common sense. At stake is whether the court will reject the CIA鈥檚 version of official secrecy and call out its fiction of deniability or whether it will allow that fiction to stand.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2024
National Security
Connell v. CIA 鈥 FOIA Lawsuit Seeking Records 老澳门开奖结果 CIA 鈥淥perational Control鈥 Over a Detention Facility at Guant谩namo Bay
The CIA has refused to disclose whether it has records about its operational control over Camp VII, a detention facility at Guant谩namo Bay. Given the extensive public record about the CIA鈥檚 connection to Camp VII, its refusal to acknowledge that it has responsive records both violates the law and defies common sense. At stake is whether the court will reject the CIA鈥檚 version of official secrecy and call out its fiction of deniability or whether it will allow that fiction to stand.
Washington, D.C.
May 2024
Criminal Law Reform
Disability Rights
Mathis v. United States Parole Commission
This federal class-action lawsuit alleges that the federal government鈥檚 post-conviction supervision system in Washington, D.C., violates Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act by systematically failing to accommodate the needs of people with disabilities on supervision.
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Washington, D.C.
May 2024
Criminal Law Reform
Disability Rights
Mathis v. United States Parole Commission
This federal class-action lawsuit alleges that the federal government鈥檚 post-conviction supervision system in Washington, D.C., violates Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act by systematically failing to accommodate the needs of people with disabilities on supervision.
U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2024
Criminal Law Reform
Free Speech
Trump v. United States
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2024
Criminal Law Reform
Free Speech
Trump v. United States
Washington, D.C.
Feb 2024
National Security
Human Rights
老澳门开奖结果 v. DOD 鈥 FOIA Case Seeking Biden Administration鈥檚 Presidential Policy Memorandum
In October 2022, the Biden administration confirmed the existence of the White House鈥檚 latest set of policy rules governing the United States鈥 use of lethal force outside of recognized battlefields abroad. These new rules are known as the 鈥淧residential Policy Memorandum (PPM).鈥 The administration made the partially-redacted PPM public in response to the latest in a series of 老澳门开奖结果 lawsuits to force transparency about the U.S. government鈥檚 secretive, unlawful, and controversial use of lethal force abroad, including through the use of drones.
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Washington, D.C.
Feb 2024
National Security
Human Rights
老澳门开奖结果 v. DOD 鈥 FOIA Case Seeking Biden Administration鈥檚 Presidential Policy Memorandum
In October 2022, the Biden administration confirmed the existence of the White House鈥檚 latest set of policy rules governing the United States鈥 use of lethal force outside of recognized battlefields abroad. These new rules are known as the 鈥淧residential Policy Memorandum (PPM).鈥 The administration made the partially-redacted PPM public in response to the latest in a series of 老澳门开奖结果 lawsuits to force transparency about the U.S. government鈥檚 secretive, unlawful, and controversial use of lethal force abroad, including through the use of drones.
Washington, D.C.
Jul 2023
Disability Rights
Criminal Law Reform
Bread for the City v. District of Columbia
A federal lawsuit challenges the District of Columbia鈥檚 practice of sending police officers rather than mental health providers to respond to mental health emergencies.
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Washington, D.C.
Jul 2023
Disability Rights
Criminal Law Reform
Bread for the City v. District of Columbia
A federal lawsuit challenges the District of Columbia鈥檚 practice of sending police officers rather than mental health providers to respond to mental health emergencies.