Mass Incarceration
Dockery v. Hall
The ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander, and the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP, filed a petition for class certification and expert reports for a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF). The lawsuit, which was filed in May 2013, describes the for-profit prison as hyper-violent, grotesquely filthy and dangerous. EMCF is operated "in a perpetual state of crisis" where prisoners are at "grave risk of death and loss of limbs." The facility, located in Meridian, Mississippi, is supposed to provide intensive treatment to the state's prisoners with serious psychiatric disabilities, many of whom are locked down in long-term solitary confinement.
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Immigrants' Rights
Tartakovsky v. Pierre
On April 3, 2009, the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project, the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties and cooperating counsel at DLA Piper, LLP, settled the Ninth Circuit appeal in Tartakovsky v. Pierre, a proposed class action lawsuit challenging systemic delays in the naturalization process in the San Diego region. As part of the agreement, the ACLU voluntarily dismissed the appeal after obtaining the release of data demonstrating the government's progress in reducing the backlog of naturalization delays based on the 鈥淔BI name check鈥� procedure. From August 2007, when the Tartakovsky lawsuit was filed, to February 2009, the number of naturalization applicants in the San Diego region with an FBI name check pending for more than 120 days was reduced from 2,564 to zero.
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Aug 2007
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Immigrants' Rights
Tartakovsky v. Pierre
On April 3, 2009, the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project, the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties and cooperating counsel at DLA Piper, LLP, settled the Ninth Circuit appeal in Tartakovsky v. Pierre, a proposed class action lawsuit challenging systemic delays in the naturalization process in the San Diego region. As part of the agreement, the ACLU voluntarily dismissed the appeal after obtaining the release of data demonstrating the government's progress in reducing the backlog of naturalization delays based on the 鈥淔BI name check鈥� procedure. From August 2007, when the Tartakovsky lawsuit was filed, to February 2009, the number of naturalization applicants in the San Diego region with an FBI name check pending for more than 120 days was reduced from 2,564 to zero.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jul 2007
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Capital Punishment
Danforth v. Minnesota
Whether a state can permit an inmate to raise constitutional claims in state post-conviction proceedings that would be barred in federal habeas proceedings. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jul 2007
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Capital Punishment
Danforth v. Minnesota
Whether a state can permit an inmate to raise constitutional claims in state post-conviction proceedings that would be barred in federal habeas proceedings. DECIDED
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2007
Mass Incarceration
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Brendlin v. California
Reviewing whether a car's passenger can challenge an illegal traffic stop under the Fourth Amendment. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2007
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Brendlin v. California
Reviewing whether a car's passenger can challenge an illegal traffic stop under the Fourth Amendment. DECIDED
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Apr 2007
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+4 老熟女午夜福利
In Re Spears
Defending juveniles' pre-trial right to counsel in Ohio.
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Apr 2007
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In Re Spears
Defending juveniles' pre-trial right to counsel in Ohio.
U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2007
Mass Incarceration
Capital Punishment
Uttecht v. Brown
Reviewing whether the state courts improperly excluded a prospective juror in a death penalty case after he indicated that future dangerousness was a relevant consideration but that he would, in any event, follow the law as instructed by the judge. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2007
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Capital Punishment
Uttecht v. Brown
Reviewing whether the state courts improperly excluded a prospective juror in a death penalty case after he indicated that future dangerousness was a relevant consideration but that he would, in any event, follow the law as instructed by the judge. DECIDED