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Arizona
Oct 2023
Fund for Empowerment v. Phoenix, City of

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Fund for Empowerment v. Phoenix, City of

Fund for Empowerment is a challenge to the City of Phoenix鈥檚 practice of conducting sweeps of encampments without notice, issuing citations to unsheltered people for camping and sleeping on public property when they have no place else to go, and confiscating and destroying their property without notice or process.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2023
McElrath v. Georgia

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McElrath v. Georgia

Does the Double Jeopardy Clause bar an appellate court from reviewing and setting aside a jury鈥檚 verdicts of acquittal on the ground that the verdict is inconsistent with the jury鈥檚 verdict on other charges?
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2023
Pulsifer v. United States

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Pulsifer v. United States

This case involves the interpretation of a federal law that allows defendants to avoid mandatory minimum sentences for certain nonviolent drug crimes, allowing judges to impose sentences tailored to their individual circumstances.
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Texas
Jul 2021
Sanchez et al v. Dallas County Sheriff et al

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Prisoners' Rights

Sanchez et al v. Dallas County Sheriff et al

Decarceration has always been an emergency, a life and death proposition, but COVID-19 makes this effort intensely urgent. The 桃子视频has been working with our partners to litigate for the rights of those who are incarcerated and cannot protect themselves because of the policies of the institutions in which they are jailed.
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Lombardo v. City of Saint Louis, 20鈥391
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021

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Lombardo v. City of Saint Louis, 20鈥391

Whether a reasonable jury could find that police officers violate the Constitution鈥檚 prohibition on excessive force when they kill a shackled and handcuffed arrestee inside of a jail cell by holding him face-down on the ground and pressing into his back until he suffocated, also known as compression asphyxiation.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021
Lombardo v. City of Saint Louis, 20鈥391

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Lombardo v. City of Saint Louis, 20鈥391

Whether a reasonable jury could find that police officers violate the Constitution鈥檚 prohibition on excessive force when they kill a shackled and handcuffed arrestee inside of a jail cell by holding him face-down on the ground and pressing into his back until he suffocated, also known as compression asphyxiation.
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Caniglia v. Strom
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021

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Caniglia v. Strom

Whether the 鈥渃ommunity caretaking鈥 exception to the Fourth Amendment鈥檚 warrant requirement extends to the home.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021
Caniglia v. Strom

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Caniglia v. Strom

Whether the 鈥渃ommunity caretaking鈥 exception to the Fourth Amendment鈥檚 warrant requirement extends to the home.
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Terry v. United States
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021

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Terry v. United States

Whether all individuals sentenced for crack cocaine offenses under a now-amended federal statute that created a 100-to-1 disparity between the treatment of cocaine in its crack and powder forms are eligible for resentencing under amendments made by the First Step Act of 2018.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021
Terry v. United States

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Terry v. United States

Whether all individuals sentenced for crack cocaine offenses under a now-amended federal statute that created a 100-to-1 disparity between the treatment of cocaine in its crack and powder forms are eligible for resentencing under amendments made by the First Step Act of 2018.
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Oliva v. Nivar
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021

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Oliva v. Nivar

Whether individuals can challenge the conduct of federal officials engaged in standard law enforcement operations as unconstitutional under Bivens or whether such claims present a new context unless they involve narcotics officers 鈥渕anacling the plaintiff in front of his family in his home and stripsearching him in violation of the Fourth Amendment,鈥 as the Fifth Circuit held.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021
Oliva v. Nivar

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Oliva v. Nivar

Whether individuals can challenge the conduct of federal officials engaged in standard law enforcement operations as unconstitutional under Bivens or whether such claims present a new context unless they involve narcotics officers 鈥渕anacling the plaintiff in front of his family in his home and stripsearching him in violation of the Fourth Amendment,鈥 as the Fifth Circuit held.
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Barnett v. Tony
Florida
Sep 2021

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Prisoners' Rights

Barnett v. Tony

Decarceration has always been an emergency, a life and death proposition, but COVID-19 makes this effort intensely urgent. The 桃子视频has been working with our partners to litigate for the rights of those who are incarcerated and cannot protect themselves because of the policies of the institutions in which they are jailed.
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Florida
Sep 2021
Barnett v. Tony

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Prisoners' Rights

Barnett v. Tony

Decarceration has always been an emergency, a life and death proposition, but COVID-19 makes this effort intensely urgent. The 桃子视频has been working with our partners to litigate for the rights of those who are incarcerated and cannot protect themselves because of the policies of the institutions in which they are jailed.
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