One of the main ways ACLU-DC works to protect civil liberties and civil rights is through litigation. This section of our website documents the cases we’re working on now and those we’ve handled in recent years. Click here for general information about what types of cases we litigate.
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Back in March 2014, we learned from the media that Magistrate Judge John Facciola had invited Twitter and Yahoo to respond to government requests that they be prohibited from telling “any person” that they...
A transgender woman was treated as a man by U.S. Marshals and D.C. police when she was locked up after being arrested. She sued for damages, and after the district court refused to dismiss her case, the...
Stephanie Gray is an employee at the D.C. Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA), whose duties include updating the personal data of people on the D.C. Sex Offender Registry (a/k/a “Megan’s...
We filed this Freedom of Information Act lawsuit in November 2013, seeking release of the 6,300-page report of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) about the CIA’s post-9/11 rendition,...
