Prisoner Civil Rights Law
 
Stephen Berger v. Costco Wholesale Corporation

Juneau, Alaska, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an employment discrimination theory.

Employment discrimination law prohibits employers from discriminating against applicants and employees based on protected characteristics such as race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and transgender status), national origin, age (\(40\) or older), disabil

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Harsh Alkutkar v. Bumble, Inc. and Bumble Holding, Ltd.

Oakland, California, civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a false advertising theory.

Bumble moved to compel arbitration, and the district court granted the motion

Alkutkar argues that this showing was insufficient because Bumble did not have an actual record of Alkutkar’s click on the “I accept” button. But under California law, which the parti

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Estate of Ian Simmers v. County of King, et al.

Seattle, Washington, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation claim.

After confessing to the crime, Ian Simmers was convicted in 1996 in the
Superior Court of Washington for King County for first-degree murder when he
was sixteen years old. Decades later, Simmers moved for a new trial. In response,
the State moved to vacate the conviction, w

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United States of America v. Estate of Anthony Ray Lopez, Sr. v. City of Oontairo, et al.

San Bernardino, California personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs on 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation theory.

Anthony Ray Lopez Sr., Madeline Vasquez, and Josephine Guadalupe
Dominguez (collectively, “Decedents”) died on November 8, 2022, while in a storm
drain in the City of Ontario, County of San Bernardino, State of California, after
flood offi

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United States of America v. Kate Carson

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with international parental kidnapping.

Kate Carson, 38, of Lewisburg, Tennessee was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for international parental kidnapping.

“Protecting vulnerable children from harm is the highest priority of our office,” said Acting United States Attorney Robert E.

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United States of America v. Jaison L. Coleman

Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Responding to 911 calls of domestic violence is one of the most difficult responsibilities of police officers. This case is a good example. Just after 4:00 a.m. on April 20, 2023, Officer Jamie Kizer of the Marshfield, Wisconsin police department, responded to a ca

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B.A., et al. v. Tri County Area Schools, et al.

Rapid City, Michigan civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who claimed that their Constitutional Rights were violated by the Defendants.

Two middle schoolers in Michigan wore sweatshirts emblazoned with the phrase “Let’s Go Brandon” to school. Based on the commonly understood meaning of the slogan, the school administrators determined that the sweatshirts were

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Reuben Jelani Adams, et al. v. Lexington-Dayette Urban County Government, et al.

Lexington, Kentucky, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs on civil rights violation theories.

Plaintiffs are five football players at the University of Kentucky (“UK”) who were subject to racial taunts and physical violence at a fraternity-sponsored party. Yet after the altercation, defendant Detective Cory Vinlove, a Lexington police officer, initiated criminal c

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Malik Allah-U-Akbar, fka Odraye G. Jones v. Margaret Bradshaw, Warden

Cleveland, Ohio, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

Malik Allah-U-Akbar was granted a conditional writ of habeas corpus, “vacating [his] death sentence unless the State of Ohio conducts a new penalty-phase proceeding within 180 days of remand.” Jones v. Bradshaw, 46 F.4th 459, 489 (6th Cir. 2022). The state did not comply with the w

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Tammy McKee v. City of Skiatook, Oklahoma

Tulsa, Oklahoma, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful death civil rights violation theory.

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Flying T Ranch, Inc. v. Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians, et al.

Under federal common law, Indian tribes may be sued only under two circumstances: when a tribe waives its sovereign immunity or when Congress unequivocally abrogates tribal sovereign immunity. Here, Flying T Ranch (Flying T) filed suit in Snohomish County Superior Court to quiet title to nonreservation land purchased by the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians (Tribe). Flying T contends it had acquired

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United States of America v. Keaton Overton Gunnels

Albuquerque, New Mexico, pro se defendant charged with two counts of making a false statement on a loan or credit application.

Mr. Gunnels was indicted by a federal grand jury on February 27, 2019, for two counts of making a false statement on a loan or credit application. Doc. 2. He pled guilty to Count 2 of the Indictment on May 25, 2021. Doc. 51, 53. He admitted that he had committed t

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Billy Gowans, Jr. v. Zachary Axom, et al.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania pro se Plaintiff challenged reverse mortgage executed by his Mother.

In January 2025, Gowan filed an amended complaint in the District Court against defendants Zachary Axsom, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Compu-Link Corporation, and the First Mortgage Servicing Department (“Defendants”) alleging fraudulent inducement

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Chhean Jones v. United States of America, et al.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania pro se Plaintiff sued on constitutional rights violations.

Jones, was indicted on federal criminal charges, and he brought a Bivens action against the United States, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), 12 unnamed federal agents, and “the Government’s Attorney,” for alleged constitutional violations arising from the grand jury procee

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Christian Waller v. City of New York

New York City, New York, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.

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Stanley Holmes v. City of New York

New York City, New York, prisoner civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a Constitutional rights violation theory.

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Veronica-May Clark v. Gerald Valletta, et al.

New Haven, Connecticut, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a deliberate indifference constitutional violation.

Plaintiff Veronica-May Clark is a transgender inmate in the Connecticut prison system claiming that corrections officials violated the Eighth Amendment by failing to provide certain treatments for gender dysphoria, including stronger hormone therapy and a vaginoplas

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Bradley Waters, et al. v. City of Altus, et al.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories.

At about 8:00 a.m. on September 13, 2019, Officer Thomas Hobbs stopped
Mr. Waters after observing him veer to the side of the road, drive into a curb, and
nearly hit a pole. When Officer Hobbs questioned Mr. Waters about the incident, he
explained that he was

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Samaritan Ministries International, et al. v. Alice T. Kane

Albuquerque, New Mexico, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiffs claiming religious discrimination.

The Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) contains an insurance mandate that requires applicable individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage. Samaritan Ministries International (“Samaritan”) is a nonprofit healthcare sharing ministry (“HCSM”) whose me

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Gwen B. Witherspoon v. Christopher D. Ince, et al.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff and the Defendants in a declaratory judgment action.

Gwen Witherspoon owns land in Garvin County, Oklahoma. The Landowners own an adjoining parcel of land. The Landowners, by use of three Oklahoma statutes—Okla. Stat. tit. 27, § 6; Okla. Stat. tit. 66, § 53; and Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 1201—s

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Nasha Nelson v. Check City Partnership, LLC

Las Vegas, Nevada, civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff and Defendant in a breach of contract case.

The elements of a breach of contact actions are:

A Valid contract (offer, acceptance, consideration) exists between plaintiff and defendant;

The Defendant breached the contract or failed to render performance when it became due;

The Defendant’

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Nathan Doffing v. Omni Cable, L.L.C.

Reno, Nevada, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an employment discrimination theory.

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Julie Ballou v. City of Vancouver

Tacoma, Washington, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a job discrimination claim.

Under Washington’s anti-discrimination law,1 courts apply the lodestar method to calculate “reasonable attorneys’ fees.” Chuong Van Pham v. City of Seattle, Seattle City Light, 151 P.3d 976, 981 (Wash. 2007) (quoting Wash. Rev.
Code § 49.60.030(2)). “To c

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United States of America v. Jonathan Rinderknecht, a.k.a. “Jonathan Rinder,” and “Jon Rinder,”

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with destruction of property by means of fire.

A former Pacific Palisades resident now living in Florida has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with maliciously starting what eventually became the Palisades Fire of January 2025, one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles his

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San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties v. WAG Hotels

San Francisco, California, civil litigatoin lawyer representeds the Defendant charged with violation of California Pet Boarding law.

“For many of us, pets are members of the family,” said District Attorney Brooke Jenkins. “When we drop them off at a boarding facility, we do so expecting that they will be treated like beloved family members. This settlement helps ensure t

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