Juan Vega, Jr. was transferred from federal prison to a Seattle non-profit residential reentry center to complete the remainder of his prison sentence. There, he alleged that federal and private employees conspired to remove him from the halfway house known as Pioneer House, ostensibly based on his race and for asserting his First Amendment rights, by filing a false incident report. After his retu... More...    $0 (02-09-2018 - WA)

On January 27, 2017, the President issued Executive Order 13769, “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States” (the “Executive Order”). 82 Fed. Reg. 8,977. Citing the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and stating that “numerous foreign-born individuals have been convicted or implicated in terrorismrelated crimes” since then, the Executive Order declares that ... More...    $0 (02-09-2017 - WA)

Craig Pozzi, a noted photographer and college professor, was experiencing mild seizures in 1994. At one point, he told his doctor at Kaiser that he was experiencing seizures. His doctors misdiagnosed him with panic attacks and treated him with Paxil and recommendations that he attend group therapy. This went on for 7 ½ years while a slow-growing brain tumor in his head (an oligodendroglioma) co... More...    $4511000 (08-11-2007 - WA)

Petitioner Johnny Lee Riley, Jr. appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which was filed on March 6, 2002 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Riley was convicted in Washington state court of assault and of carrying a short firearm. His direct appeals and his personal restraint petition in Washington state cou... More...    $0 (12-22-2003 - WA)

In this unusual case, a state trial court forbade a defendant's testimony about his own state of mind and forbade testimony from the victim--his therapist--about what she observed of his state of mind. The state trial court acted on the basis of its interpretation of state rules of evidence and its conclusion that the mental disease about which the defendant and the victim would testify--Dis... More...    $0 (03-26-2002 - WA)