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Leah P. Hollis v. Morgan State University, et al.
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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... More... $0 (08-28-2025 - MD)
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Jeremy Kellog, et al. v. Jonathan D. Nichols
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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... More... $0 (08-28-2025 - NY)
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Vanessa Velasco Ortega v. Isaiah Holloway, et al.
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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... More... $0 (08-28-2025 - WA)
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Gillian Filyaw v. Steve Corsi, et al.
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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.
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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... More... $0 (08-26-2025 - IL)
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George Hawkins v. Glenn Youngkin, et al.
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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.... More... $0 (08-22-2025 - VA)
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United States of America v. Kyrie Rashaud Thompson
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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... More... $0 (08-22-2025 - MD)
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Raymond A. Carruthers v. Kimberly Colton, et al.
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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... More... $0 (08-22-2025 - NY)
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Jeffry Cintron v. Paul Bibeault, et al.
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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... More... $0 (08-21-2025 - RI)
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Brian Hussey v. City of Cambridge, et al.
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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... More... $0 (08-21-2025 - MA)
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Adam Sindell v. Latonya Coach, et al.
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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 violation... More... $0 (08-19-2025 - GA)
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Andrew Keller v. Don Bauer, et al.
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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 scree... More... $0 (08-18-2025 - WY)
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Michael Mockeridge and Suan J. Mockerridge v. Harry Harvey, et al.
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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—the neare... More... $0 (08-15-2025 - MI)
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Thomas L. Glover v. LaFayette City-Parish Consolidated Government and Joshua Guillory
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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... More... $0 (08-14-2025 - LA)
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Steve Melton v. City of Forrest City, Arkansas; Cedric Williams
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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 n... More... $0 (08-13-2025 - AR)
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Honor Duvall, et al. v. Phoenix Children's Hospital, et al.
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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... More... $0 (08-08-2025 - AZ)
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Rudy Gastaneda v. Rodolfo Ramos Frausto-Recio, et al.
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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.... More... $0 (08-04-2025 - TX)
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Mark Hernandez v. Manuel Poveda, jr. and Edgar E. Razo
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Houston, Texas personal injury lawyers represented the plaintiff who sued on a prisoner civil rights violation theory.
From August 10, 2015, to July 8, 2021, Mark Hernandez was incarcerated in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison system. In 2018, Hernandez filed a pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit against three TDCJ corrections officers, Brady (Cullen) Preischel, Manuel P... More... $800000 (08-04-2025 - TX)
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Rodney Burch v. City of Chubbock and Kevin B. England
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Pocatello, Idaho employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.
Rodney Burch brought claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for First Amendment retaliation and the Idaho Protection of Public Employees Act, Idaho Code § 6-2104, based on the theory that England took adverse employment actions against Burch as a result of Burch’s protected speech made... More... $0 (07-25-2025 - ID)
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Leona M. Qualey v. Pierce County, et al.
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Tacoma, Washington personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.
The suit calls tOn Jan. 16, 2022, Moses Portillo was shot and killed. The plaintiff claimed that the shooting “unnecessary, reckless, negligent and wrongful,” and it claims Dolan violated proper police procedure, Sheriff’s Department’s policies and procedures and Was... More... $0 (07-19-2025 - WA)
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Karim Codrington v. Jay Dolark, et al.
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Louisville, Kentucky personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.
Plaintiff Karim Codrington was the victim of an unlawful traffic stop, search, and arrest. During the criminal proceedings arising from that stop, a Kentucky state court suppressed the evidence illegally seized from his vehicle and dismissed his criminal charges. More than t... More... $0 (07-15-2025 - KY)
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Stephon Lekeith Hopskins v. Jacob A. Walters and Austin Fowler
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Columbia, South Carolina personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on South Carolina Tort Claims Act and 42 USC 1983 civil rights violation theories
The state case was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of the defense. As a result, the defendants in the federal action moved for summary judgment based on res judicata. ... More... $0 (07-11-2025 - SC)
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Joseph Heid v. Mark Rutkoski and Forrest Best
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Orlando, Florida personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 use of unreasonable force in violation of the Fourth Amendment theory.
On the evening of April 26, 2016, Heid, his wife, and their
roommate were drinking alcohol at their home. Heid’s daughter
and stepson were also at the home. Around 9:00 PM, Heid and his
wife go... More... $0 (07-11-2025 - FL)
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Teresa J. Scott v. Macon Bibb Couonty, Georgia, et al.
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Macon, Georgia employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a job discrimination theory.
Scott, a Black woman, filed her initial pro se complaint against her employer, Macon-Bibb County, pursuant to Title VII and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983 for race discrimination. Scott later retained counsel, and without seeking leave of the court, filed her first amended complaint which a... More... $0 (07-10-2025 - GA)
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Harry Johnson v. Spalding County, Georgia
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Decatur, Georgia employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a gender discrmination theory under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1983 and under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Without direct evidence of discrimination, a plaintiff canprove a sex discrimination claim under Title VII through circumstantial evidence, which we generally analyze using the three... More... $0 (07-10-2025 - GA)
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