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.
Status: Ongoing
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8 Washington, D.C. Cases
Washington, D.C.
May 2024
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.
Status: Ongoing
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Washington, D.C.
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.
May 2024
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Criminal Law Reform
Free Speech
Trump v. United States
Apr 2024
Status: Ongoing
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Washington, D.C.
Feb 2024
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.
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.
Feb 2024
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Washington, D.C.
Jul 2023
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.
Status: Ongoing
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Washington, D.C.
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.
Jul 2023
Status: Ongoing
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Washington, D.C.
Feb 2021
NORA v. MAYORKAS
The 老澳门开奖结果, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, and Public Citizen filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of asylum seekers 鈥 including numerous children 鈥 unlawfully trapped in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas, one of the most violent and lawless regions in the world.
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Washington, D.C.
Immigrants' Rights
NORA v. MAYORKAS
The 老澳门开奖结果, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, and Public Citizen filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of asylum seekers 鈥 including numerous children 鈥 unlawfully trapped in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas, one of the most violent and lawless regions in the world.
Feb 2021
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