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33 Court Cases
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Apr 16, 2020
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Costa v. Bazron - Challenging Conditions at St. Elizabeths Hospital During Month-Long Water Outage and COVID-19 Crisis

This case challenges the failure of the District of Columbia government to protect some of its most vulnerable patients from back-to-back crises at their treatment facility: first, an extended water outage in the fall of 2019, and second, the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020.
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Apr 03, 2020
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Williams v. Federal Bureau of Prisons - Challening Life-Threatening Lack of COVID-19 Precautions at D.C. Halfway House

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Mar 30, 2020
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Banks v. Booth - Challenging Life-Threatening Lack of COVID-19 Precautions at the D.C. Jail

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Jan 13, 2020
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Mwimanzi v. Wilson – Challenging Unconstitutional Sexually Invasive Search by MPD Officer

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Jul 11, 2019
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ACLU v. DHS - FOIA re: Hunger Strike Documents from the Bureau of Prisons

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Apr 29, 2019
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Price v. Gupton - Challenging Warrantless Search of Residential Property Belonging to Mother Whose Son Had Just Been Killed by D.C. Police

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Aug 16, 2018
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ACLU-DC v. Department of Justice - FOIA Re: Shackling Of Detainees In Court Appearances

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Jul 18, 2018
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  • +2 Issues

Cottingham v. Lojacono - Challenging Unjustified, Sexually Invasive Search by Police During Stop and Frisk

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May 08, 2018
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  • Criminal Justice Reform|
  • +2 Issues

Black Lives Matter-DC v. Bowser - Enforcing D.C. Law’s Stop-And-Frisk Data Collection Requirement that D.C. Police Had Refused to Implement

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Apr 16, 2020
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Apr 16, 2020
  • Disability Rights|
  • +2 Issues

Costa v. Bazron - Challenging Conditions at St. Elizabeths Hospital During Month-Long Water Outage and COVID-19 Crisis

This case challenges the failure of the District of Columbia government to protect some of its most vulnerable patients from back-to-back crises at their treatment facility: first, an extended water outage in the fall of 2019, and second, the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020.
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Apr 03, 2020
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Apr 03, 2020
  • Criminal Justice Reform

Williams v. Federal Bureau of Prisons - Challening Life-Threatening Lack of COVID-19 Precautions at D.C. Halfway House

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Mar 30, 2020
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Mar 30, 2020
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Banks v. Booth - Challenging Life-Threatening Lack of COVID-19 Precautions at the D.C. Jail

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Jan 13, 2020
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Jan 13, 2020
  • Police Practices and Police Misconduct|
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Mwimanzi v. Wilson – Challenging Unconstitutional Sexually Invasive Search by MPD Officer

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Jul 11, 2019
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Jul 11, 2019
  • Criminal Justice Reform

ACLU v. DHS - FOIA re: Hunger Strike Documents from the Bureau of Prisons

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Apr 29, 2019
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Apr 29, 2019
  • Police Practices and Police Misconduct|
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Price v. Gupton - Challenging Warrantless Search of Residential Property Belonging to Mother Whose Son Had Just Been Killed by D.C. Police

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Aug 16, 2018
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Aug 16, 2018
  • Criminal Justice Reform|
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ACLU-DC v. Department of Justice - FOIA Re: Shackling Of Detainees In Court Appearances

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Jul 18, 2018
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Jul 18, 2018
  • Racial Justice|
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Cottingham v. Lojacono - Challenging Unjustified, Sexually Invasive Search by Police During Stop and Frisk

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May 08, 2018
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May 08, 2018
  • Criminal Justice Reform|
  • +2 Issues

Black Lives Matter-DC v. Bowser - Enforcing D.C. Law’s Stop-And-Frisk Data Collection Requirement that D.C. Police Had Refused to Implement

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