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John Woolard, et al. v. Tony Thurmond, et al.

Sacramento, California, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action brought by parents and guardians of students enrolled in independent study programs at two California charter schools who alleged First Amendment violations when the schools rejected their requests to purchase and permit the use of sectarian curricular materials for instruction in the schools' p

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Genoa Jones and Cornell Tinsley v. City of North Las Vegas, et al.

Las Vegas, Nevada, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories.

A police officer saw a suspect flee from the back of a
house into a neighboring backyard. Instead of directly
following the suspect, the officer hurried to his car, called
for backup, and drove two blocks south to establish a
perimeter around the area. At least

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United States of America v. Christopher Todd Boudreau

Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted coercion and
enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity under 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) and possession of child
pornography under 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B).

Detective Travis Wafstet works in the Missoula County
Sheriff's Office and is also a member of the FBI's Child

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Raymond Thompson v. Joshua Cockrell and Robert Gerholdt

St. Louis, Missouri personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation theory.

On March 30, 2020, Thompson purchased a 100-year anniversary edition
custom 2003 Harley Davidson trike motorcycle ("motorcycle”) from Nathan Rench
for $5,000. Thompson paid off the two lienholders and gave Rench the remainder.
The parties signe

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Matthew Locke v. County of Hubbard, et al.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a excessive force civil rights violation.

Matthew Locke sued Hubbard County, Sheriff Cory Aukes, and Chief Deputy Sheriff Scott Parks under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Minnesota law, alleging that the officers used excessive force against him during an oil pipeline protest. The district and official immunity

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Ian Miller v. Spencer Jackson and Sean Roycroft

Boston, Massachusetts, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights wrongful death excessive force case.

Robert Miller died during a run-in with Barnstable
police officers Sean Roycroft and Spencer Jackson at his Cape Cod
home in 2019. He was 63. A big question is how this happened.

The parties (whose names appear in our caption) give differing

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Jane Doe 1 v. City View Independent school District

Wichita Falls, Texas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation claim.

Jane Doe attended high school in City View ISD from the fall of 2016
to the spring of 2020.1 Robert Morris was employed as a teacher and coach
at City View ISD while Doe was a student there. In 2016, Morris allegedly
began emotionally and sexually abusing Doe, then a fiftee

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Stephon Eric James v. Randy Smith, et al.

New Orleans, Louisiana pro se Plaintiff without a lawyer sued the Defendants on prisoner civil rights violation theories.

tephon Eric James alleges that while he was a pretrial detainee in the St. Tammany Parish Jail, the deliberate indifference of prison officials and medical staff led to a weeks-long delay in treatment that caused him substantial unnecessary pain around his prosthetic e

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Leah P. Hollis v. Morgan State University, et al.

Baltimore, Maryland employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on d Title VII, Title IX, Section 1983, and Maryland state law violation theories.

Dr. Leah Hollis alleges that in her former job as a professor at Morgan State University, the university denied her promotions multiple times because of her sex, paid her less than her male colleagues, and retaliated against her when she fo

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Jeremy Kellog, et al. v. Jonathan D. Nichols

Albany, New York personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory.

The Plaintiffs are New York State residents who applied for concealed carry licenses under the State's firearms licensing laws. Jonathan D. Nichols, a state court judge serving as a statutory firearms licensing officer, reviewed and denied their applications for failing to meet the statut

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Vanessa Velasco Ortega v. Isaiah Holloway, et al.

Spokane, Washington personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories.

Isaiah Holloway and Vanessa Velasco Ortega cross-appeal from the district
court's order granting in part and denying in part Holloway's motion for summary
judgment. Holloway encountered Velasco Ortega in the course of his duties as a
Deputy Police Officer for the O

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Gillian Filyaw v. Steve Corsi, et al.

Lincoln, Nebraska civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff in a wrongful termination of Medicaid benefits without notice.

Medicaid is a federal and state funded program that provides medical
coverage for certain people with limited income. Accepting the facts in Filyaw's
complaint as true, she obtained Medicaid in the fall of 2020 administered through
the NDHHS.

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Jeanne Hedgepth v. James A. Briton, et al.

Chicago, Illinois employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful termination claim.

Jeanne Hedgepeth, a high
school teacher with two suspensions and prior warnings of
possible termination, posted inflammatory messages to a Fa-
cebook account followed mostly by former students. The
posts prompted numerous complaints and media inquiries to
the school distr

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George Hawkins v. Glenn Youngkin, et al.

Richmond, Virginia civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a First Amendment violation theory.
Virginia's Constitution automatically strips individuals convicted of felony offenses
of the right to vote but vests in the Governor the discretionary power to restore those rights.
George Hawkins, previously convicted of a felony, petitioned to have his voting rights
restored. S

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United States of America v. Kyrie Rashaud Thompson

Greenbelt, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping and witness tampering.

Kyrie Rashaud Thompson pleaded guilty to kidnapping and attempted witness
tampering without a plea agreement. Despite his unconditional plea, Thompson now seeks
to challenge the district court's denial of his earlier motion to suppress, as he claims the
district

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Raymond A. Carruthers v. Kimberly Colton, et al.

Albany, New York personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.

Carruthers brought claims, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for malicious prosecution, fabrication of evidence, false arrest, and failure to intervene against Defendants, who are all New York State Troopers. The claims arose from Defendants' alleged participation in a traffic sto

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Jeffry Cintron v. Paul Bibeault, et al.

Providence, Rhode Island personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.

In July 2019, Jerry Cintron overdosed on a fentanyl-laced pill while in Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) custody. For his alleged role in acquiring, possessing, and consuming the pill, RIDOC sanctioned Cintron with 450 days in solitary confinement. While so

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Brian Hussey v. City of Cambridge, et al.

Boston, Massachusetts civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a First Amendment violation toery.

Contending that he was unconstitutionally disciplined in retaliation for exercising his
First Amendment rights, Cambridge Police Officer Brian Hussey sued the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the Commissioner of the Cambridge Police Department (collectively, the "De

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Adam Sindell v. Latonya Coach, et al.

Macon, Georgia personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Civil Rights Act violation theory.

In June 2020, Sindell was a pretrial detainee in the Houston
County Jail.1 He resided in the L-Pod section of the jail, which
housed roughly eighty pretrial detainees. Jail officials checked de-
tainees' cells three times per day for contraband and rule violations.

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Andrew Keller v. Don Bauer, et al.

Cheyenne, Wyoming pro se Plaintiff sued the Defendant on civil rights violation theories.

In March 2025, Keller filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
against two police officers and one criminal investigator alleging civil rights
violations related to his state court conviction. Because Keller is a state
inmate seeking to proceed in forma pauperis, the district court scr

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Steve Melton v. City of Forrest City, Arkansas; Cedric Williams

Little Rock, Arkansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a First Amendment violation theory.

Steven Melton is a pro-life, evangelical Christian. In June 2020, he reposted
a black-and-white image on Facebook that depicted a silhouette of a baby in the
womb with a rope around its neck. His intent was to convey that he was "anti-
abortion.”

Others did

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Michael Mockeridge and Suan J. Mockerridge v. Harry Harvey, et al.

Bay City, Michigan, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued on a Fourth Amendment violation theory,

In September 2020, Michael Mockeridge and Susan Mockeridge purchased 40 acres of
land in northern Michigan for "cabining, enjoying nature, and family gatherings.” R. 79-2,
PageID 805. The property is remote. To access it, one leaves Hubbard Lake Trail—th

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Thomas L. Glover v. LaFayette City-Parish Consolidated Government and Joshua Guillory

Lafayette, Louisiana, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a job discrimination theory.

Following the killing of a black man by three Lafayette Police
Department (LPD) Officers, the Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated
Government (LCG) commenced a national search for a new Chief of Police.
In December 2020, Thomas Glover, a black man, was selected for the

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Honor Duvall, et al. v. Phoenix Children's Hospital, et al.

Phoenix, Arizona personal injury lawyers represented the PlaintiffS who sued on intentional infliction of emotional distress theories.

Plaintiffs alleged that Defendants were liable under this state law claim because their actions "in making or contributing to the making of false reports of abuse to DCS were extreme and outrageous.” However, Arizona's mandatory reporting statute req

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Rudy Gastaneda v. Rodolfo Ramos Frausto-Recio, et al.

Austin, Texas pro se Plaintiff sued asserting claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the
Americans with Disabilities Act, and Texas state law, and its imposition of a
pre-filing injunction.

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