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Matthew Waleyko v. Carols Del Toro

Providence, Rhode Island personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.

he Naval Undersea Warfare Center ("the Warfare Center"), a division of the U.S. Navy focused on the research and development of submersible weapons systems, asked Appellant Matthew Waleyko to resign at the end of his two-year term of probationary employment. After his ter

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Amber Lavigne v. Great Salt Bay Community School Board, et al.

Bangor, Maine personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation claim.

Plaintiff Amber Lavigne initiated this lawsuit against the Great Salt Bay Community School Board (the "Board") and various individual members of the school staff1 (together, "defendants"), alleging that defendants infringed on her constitutional right to parent. Lavigne claims that defendants

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United States of America v. Eric Lamario Mitchell

Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

In November 2023, a federal grand jury charged Mr. Mitchell with two counts
of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He moved to dismiss the charges,
contending that § 922(g)(1) was unconstitutional under the Second Amendment in
light of New York State Rifle &

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Rebecca Faulk v. Warren Clinic, Inc.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation job discrimination theory.

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Michelle Denise Engles v. Crossroads Housing, Inc.

Tacoma, Washington civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a housing discrimination theory.

"Northwest Justice Project (NJP), a nonprofit statewide law firm, has sued transitional housing provider Crossroads Housing, the city of Shelton, and four of its officers for the illegal eviction of Michelle Engles. Body cam footage of the illegal eviction of Ms. En

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Rodney Burch v. City of Chubbock and Kevin B. England

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

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State of North Dakota v. Nathaneil Tekie Solomon

Fargo, North Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with f gross sexual imposition and contributing to the deprivation or delinquency of a minor.

In February 2024, Solomon was charged with gross sexual imposition, a class A felony, and contributing to the deprivation or delinquency of a minor, a class A misdemeanor. In March 2024, a preliminary hearing and arrai

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Jama R. Young v. Corey R. Miller

Lincoln, Nebraska pro se Plaintiff sought a protective order.

Miller and his counsel separately filed requests for a hearing to show cause for why the protection order should not be renewed. Miller's request stated he was contesting the renewal "on multiple grounds"; Miller's counsel requested a hearing because the request for renewal was untimely made pursuant to statute. The court grant

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State of Nebraska v. Eric L. Ramos

Tecumseh, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first degree murder, use of a weapon to commit a felony, and tampering with evidence.

In March 2017, a riot broke out at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI). During the fracas, Michael Galindo was attacked and killed by other inmates. After a review of video surveillance footage, investigato

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United States of America v. Ryan Robert Biegel

Brunswick, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting a pretrial detainee

Former Supervisor Of Camden County Jail Sentenced For Civil Rights Violation For Assaulting A Pretrial Detainee


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State of Oklahoma v. Danny Ray Dawkins

Holdenville, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with manslaughter and felony possession of a firearm AFCF.

I. Appellant had an absolute right to use lethal force to repel an unlawful intruder. Therefore, he is immune from prosecution and his conviction for manslaughter, in violation of his legal rights, must be vacated and dismissed.

II. The instr

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Torey Phelps v. City of St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a prisoner civil rights violation theory.

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Tavarez Wyatt v. Mueller Co., L.L.C.

Urbana, Illinois employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a job discrimination theory.

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Federal civil rights laws prohibit employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age (40 and over), disability, and genetic information. These laws apply to various aspects

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Jonathan Morrison v. XPO Logistrics Freight, Inc.

Springfield, Missouri pro se litigant sued on a civil rights employment discrimination theory.

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Ayla Royan v. Chicago State University and Elmer Gentry

Chicago, Illinois civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued Section 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 79 violation theory.

CSU’s College of Pharmacy maintains a student handbook detailing academic policies, including conditions for probation, repeating courses, and dismissal. According to the handbook, a student who fails a course is placed on probatio

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Timothy Upchurch v. State of Indiana

Indianapolis, Indiana employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claiming job discrimination.

Timothy Upchurch is a Black Correctional Officer at CIF. First hired
in 1994 as an Officer, he was promoted to Sergeant in Novem-
ber 2007 and Lieutenant in September 2015. In January 2019,
Warden Wendy Knight demoted him two levels.

His demotion back to an Officer p

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Rachel Welty and Aftry Behn v. Bryant C. Dunaway, et al.

Nashville, Tennessee civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking injunctive relief.

In May 2024, Tennessee enacted the Underage Abortion Trafficking Act. 2024 Tenn. Pub. Acts, ch. 1032 (codified at Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-15-201). The Act bans adults from “intentionally recruit[ing], harbor[ing], or transport[ing] a pregnant unemancipated minor” within Tennessee “for the pu

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Anthony McClendon EL v. Heidi E. Washington, Warden, et al.

Ann Arbor, Michigan civil rights lawyer presented the Plaintiff on prisoner civil rights violation theory.

Michigan prison officials have recommended that Anthony McClendon participate in a prison program designed for sex offenders to deter their sexual abuse. McClendon refuses to participate. So Michigan’s parole board has repeatedly denied him parole. In this case, we must consider wh

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Jeff Smith v. City of Union, Ohio

Dayton, Ohio employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory.

Officer Jeff Smith was the City of Union’s oldest and longest-tenured police officer. The City fired him after it found that he had violated several police department policies over a two-day span. An arbitrator later ordered the City to reinstate Officer Smith because, in its view, the City

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Matthew Warman v. Mount St. Joseph University, et al.

Cincinnati, Ohio personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories.

Matthew Warman, a former graduate student at Mount St. Joseph
University (MSJU), objected to taking the COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds. When
MSJU announced that it would require all students and employees to be vaccinated, Warman
applied for a religious exempti

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Adam Urda v. Jeffrey Sokso

Scranton, Pennsylvania, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued civil rights violation theory.

One Saturday afternoon, LaRae Bowen had some friends over, including her coworker Urda. The group headed down to a lake and tried to start a bonfire. But the wood was still wet from some rain and would not catch. Then one partygoer had an idea: He went to his truck and got a qu

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Julie Lynn and Greta Hurt v. City of Tulsa

Tulsa, Oklahoma civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on job discrimination theories.

Tulsa Oklahoma Fire Department employees Julie Lynn and Greta Hurt were unsuccessful in making applications for open positions that were filed by male colleague. They claimed that they were wrongful demonstrated against.

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National Rifle Associations of America v. Maria T. Vullo

New York, New York civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on a First Amendment violation claim.

This case involves First Amendment claims brought by Plaintiff National Rifle Association of America (the "NRA") against Defendant Maria T. Vullo, the former Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services ("DFS") under former Governor Andre

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Wendy Alberty v. Robert A. Hunter, et al.

New Haven, Connecticut personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.

During a layover on an interstate bus trip, a passenger entered he luggage compartment to retrieve her cellphone charger—only to be locked in when the bus driver, Wendy Alberty, closed the compartment door on her. The passenger called the police from the lu

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Pedro Hernandez v. Donita McIntosh

New York, New York civil rights lawyers represented the Petitioner seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

Pedro Hernandez, a New York State (“State”) prisoner convicted of murder and kidnapping, petitioned the United States District for the Southern District of New York (McMahon, J.) under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In his petition, Hernandez contended that an i

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