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Ryan Morrison v. New York State Trooper Michael Strain, et al.

Syracuse, New York, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation claim.

Ryan Morrison sued New York State Trooper Michael Strain and other law enforcement officers following Morrison's June 17, 2022, arrest. Morrison alleges false arrest, obstruction of governmental administration, and excessive force, stemming from an incident where officers responded to

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Reggie Caswell v. Donald G. Uhler, et al.

Syracuse, New York, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a prisoner civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

Plaintiff Reggie Caswell brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against several employees of Upstate Correctional Facility ("Upstate C. F."): Superintendent Donald G. Uhler, Assistant Deputy Superintendent Denise E. Sauther, Lieutenant Thomas F. Quinn,

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Leslie Chislett v. New York City Department of Education, et al.

New York City, New York, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a job discrimination claim.

Plaintiff Leslie Chislett, who is Caucasian, brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim of racial
discrimination under three theories: (1) she was demoted pursuant to a municipal
policy that made race a determinative factor in employment decisions; (2) she
suffered a hostile work en

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Christina St. Clair v. County of Okanogan and Isaiah Holloway

Spokane, Washington, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory
under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

Christina St. Clair brough claims against Okanogan County Sheriff Deputy Isaiah Holloway and his employer, Okanogan County, based on Holloway’s sexual misconduct. St. Clair alleges constitutional claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a violation of the Washington

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Julie A. Tamm and Rosannea M. Przybylski v. Milan Nerad

Grand Rapids, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued Count I—First Amendment Retaliation (42 U.S.C. § 1983) (official and personal capacity); Count II—Llewellyn Preemption (state-law claim); Count III— Reasonableness Challenge – Square Lake (state-law claim); Count IV—Selective Enforcement Equal Protection) (§ 1983) (official and personal capacity); Count V

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Michael Hoover v. Justin Due

Cookeville, Tennessee personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation theory claiming unlawful entry and excessive force.

Defendant Deputy Justin Due received a 911 dispatch call, reporting a domestic dispute at Plaintiff Michael Hoover’s house. The 911 caller stated that Hoover had threatened her with a gun. When Due arrived at the sce

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Janice Hughes Barners, et al. v. Roberto Felix, Jr., et al.

Houston, Texas, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a excessive force wrongful death civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

Ashtian Barners was shot and killed by Officer Roberto Felix, Jr. during a traffic stop.

Barnes’s parents sued Felix and Harris County under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.5 The district court granted summary judgment on the
p

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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 signed

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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 an

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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 stat

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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 t

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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.

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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
distri

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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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