Prisoner Civil Rights Law
 
A.A. vMontgomery County Public Schools, et al.

Greenbelt, Maryland, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Individuals With Disabilities Education Act theory.

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a federal law guaranteeing eligible children with disabilities a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment, ensuring access to necessary special education service

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Juan Carlos Argueta v. Equifax Information Services, LLC, et al.

Newark, New Jersey, consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Credit Reporting Act theory.

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) establishes the framework for the fair and accurate use of consumer credit information, promoting privacy and accuracy in consumer reports by regulating
Credit Reporting Agencies (CRAs) and those who use the information they provide

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Anthony D. Kille v. New Jersey State Prison, et al.

Trenton, New Jersey, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a prisoner civil rights violation theory.

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Jason Jorjani v. New Jersey Institute of Technology, et al.

Newark, New Jersey, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights job discrimination theory.

NJIT hired Jason Jorjani in 2015 to teach philosophy,
and twice renewed his contract in 2016 and 2017. During this
time, Jorjani “formed the Alt Right Corporation,” to “widen
the message of his philosophy, which he describes as an
affirmation of the Indo-

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Lee Evans v. Newark City, et al.

Newark, New Jersey, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory.

In 1978, five teenage boys from Newark, New Jersey
disappeared. The case remained unsolved for 30 years. Then,
in 2008 police charged Appellee Lee Evans with their murders.
The case against Evans relied on the allegedly coerced
confession of one man, who was coached by

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Christian James Laura v. C.O. Lieb, et al.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights excessive force claim.

On March 18, 2021, Lauria was booked into the
Allegheny County Jail as a pre-trial detainee. Lauria alleges
that three corrections officers—Officer Daniel Lieb, Sergeant
Richard Gerber, and officer David Forsicka—assaulted him
that same morning, fracturing

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Zachary , et al. v. Suffolk County, New York, et al.

Central Islip, New York civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff challenging the Constitutionally of New York gun law.


Zachary Giambalvo, John Mougios, Shane
Mashkow, Kevin McLaughlin, Michael McGregor, Frank Melloni, and
Renaissance Firearms Instruction, Inc. (“RFI”) raise facial Second Amendment
challenges to various provisions of the firearm licensing regime u

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Dale Kim Washburn v. Board of County Commissioners of the County of Garfield, et al.

Muskogee, Oklahoma, personal Injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory.

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Commonwealth v. Dean Tran

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with using his offical position to secure unwarranted privileges 2drawing on public resources, including members of hisSenate staff,for his reelectioncampaigns.

The defendant, who served as a State senator from 2017 until 2020, was indicted ontwo counts of using hisofficial position to secure unwarranted pri

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Elizabeth F. Warner v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service

Concord, New Hampshire, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a job discrimination claim.

Elizabeth Warner is a federal postal employee who was passed over for two promotions. Believing that she was denied those positions because of her age and sex, she sued her employer, the United States Postal Service (USPS). Warner alleged that USPS discriminated against her in violation

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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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United States of America v. Dennis Adlai Hernandez

Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Pornography Offenses

Independence Elementary School Teacher Charged With Child Pornography Offenses



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Emma Jane Prospero v. Deputy Ryan Sullivan, et al.

Brunswick, Georgia pro se Plaintiff representing herself without a lawyer on a civil rights claims.

Emma Jane Prospero has, by her own account, called 911 “a
gazillion times.” Among the issues she complained about,
Prospero often called to report gunshots coming from behind a gas
station near her home that the Camden County Sheriff’s Office
(“the Sheriff’s Office

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Anna Lange v. Houston County, Georgia, et al.

Macon, Georgia employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory.

Anna Lange, a transgender woman and deputy at the Hou-
ston County Sheriff’s Office, sought a male-to-female sex change
surgery1 and requested that the County’s employer-provided
health insurance pay for it. But because the County’s insurance pol-
icy excludes “[d]rug

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United States of America v. Joshua Eugene Gaines

Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

After pleading guilty to a crime classified by Alabama law as
a Class D felony, Joshua Gaines was caught in possession of a fire-
arm. He was charged with and convicted of violating 18 U.S.C.
§ 922(g)(1)—colloquially, the federal “felon-in-possession” stat

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Karen Brenner and William Brenner v. Progressive Hawaii Insurance Corp.

New Orleans, Louisiana personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a insurance law question relating to a car wreck.

This case was filed in the Civil District Court, Orleans Parish, 24-06914 D-12 and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.

Louisiana's direct action insurance law changed significantly in August 2024, generally
eliminating the right to sue an i

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State of Oklahoma v. Michael Kyle Newton

Ponca City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:

1. BATTERY/ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON POLICE OFFICER AFC (FEL)

2. BATTERY/ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON POLICE OFFICER AFC (FEL)

3. PRISONER PLACING BODY FLUID ON GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE AFC (FEL)

4. OBSTRUCTING AN OFFICER (MIS)

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Shelby Welter, et a. v. Detective Janice Wilson, et al.

Fayetteville, Arkansas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories.

Concerned about illegal drug use in the home, Bella Vista Polce officers took three minor children of Shelby Welter, Dean Welter, and Stephanie Hutchins to the Children and Family Advocacy Center for forensic interviews. The three parents sued Detective Janice Wilson1 on be

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R.R., by Next Friend J.R. v. Mineral Wells Independent School District

Fort Worth, Texas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on Civil Rights of Handicapped Child Act violation theory.

R.R., a student with learning disabilities, transferred to Mineral Wells
Independent School District (“MWISD”) in the February of his seventh-
grade year. After R.R.’s arrival, a committee reviewed his eligibility for
special education services u

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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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United States of America v. Alexander Jon Ogilvie

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal receipt of a firearm by a person under indictment, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(n).

After the October 2022 shooting, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Ogilvie, charging him with illegal receipt of a firearm by a person under indictment, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(n). The

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Brian David Hill v. Haylea Workman and Drew Inman

Danville, Virginia pro se Plaintiff without a lawyer filed suit on a civil rights violation thoery seeking injunctive and declaratory relief.

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Lopez Jimenez v. Sanchez Guarneros

Richland, Washington family law lawyers represented the parties in an International Child Abduction Remedies Act case.

The International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA) is a U.S. federal law that implements the
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, providing a legal framework for the prompt return of children who have been wrongfully removed or r

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Matthew Tucker v. Bonneville Joint School District 93, et al.

Pocatello, Idaho civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a education civil rights theory.

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April Malick, et al. v. Croswell-Lexington District Schools, et al.

Detroit, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.

C.M. suffered student-on-student racial harassment while she attended the sixth, seventh,
and ninth grades in the Croswell-Lexington Community Schools District. (She was
homeschooled for eighth grade.) She was mocked, called the n-word and other racial slurs,
threate

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