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Mar 2017
Dockery v. Hall

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Prisoners' Rights

Dockery v. Hall

The ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander, and the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP, filed a petition for class certification and expert reports for a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF). The lawsuit, which was filed in May 2013, describes the for-profit prison as hyper-violent, grotesquely filthy and dangerous. EMCF is operated in a perpetual state of crisis where prisoners are at grave risk of death and loss of limbs. The facility, located in Meridian, Mississippi, is supposed to provide intensive treatment to the state's prisoners with serious psychiatric disabilities, many of whom are locked down in long-term solitary confinement.
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Whether the Fourth Amendment bars the government from relying on evidence seized following an arrest that state law prohibits. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Whether the Fourth Amendment bars the government from relying on evidence seized following an arrest that state law prohibits. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Whether a federal trial judge may take into account the fact that the current Sentencing Guidelines for crack cocaine have proven unsound and been rejected by the Sentencing Commission itself when sentencing a crack offender. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2007
Kimbrough v. United States

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Kimbrough v. United States

Whether a federal trial judge may take into account the fact that the current Sentencing Guidelines for crack cocaine have proven unsound and been rejected by the Sentencing Commission itself when sentencing a crack offender. DECIDED
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Tartakovsky v. Pierre
Court Case
Aug 2007

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Tartakovsky v. Pierre

On April 3, 2009, the ƵImmigrants' Rights Project, the Ƶof San Diego and Imperial Counties and cooperating counsel at DLA Piper, LLP, settled the Ninth Circuit appeal in Tartakovsky v. Pierre, a proposed class action lawsuit challenging systemic delays in the naturalization process in the San Diego region. As part of the agreement, the Ƶvoluntarily dismissed the appeal after obtaining the release of data demonstrating the government's progress in reducing the backlog of naturalization delays based on the “FBI name check” procedure. From August 2007, when the Tartakovsky lawsuit was filed, to February 2009, the number of naturalization applicants in the San Diego region with an FBI name check pending for more than 120 days was reduced from 2,564 to zero.
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Tartakovsky v. Pierre

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Tartakovsky v. Pierre

On April 3, 2009, the ƵImmigrants' Rights Project, the Ƶof San Diego and Imperial Counties and cooperating counsel at DLA Piper, LLP, settled the Ninth Circuit appeal in Tartakovsky v. Pierre, a proposed class action lawsuit challenging systemic delays in the naturalization process in the San Diego region. As part of the agreement, the Ƶvoluntarily dismissed the appeal after obtaining the release of data demonstrating the government's progress in reducing the backlog of naturalization delays based on the “FBI name check” procedure. From August 2007, when the Tartakovsky lawsuit was filed, to February 2009, the number of naturalization applicants in the San Diego region with an FBI name check pending for more than 120 days was reduced from 2,564 to zero.
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Danforth v. Minnesota
U.S. Supreme Court
Jul 2007

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Danforth v. Minnesota

Whether a state can permit an inmate to raise constitutional claims in state post-conviction proceedings that would be barred in federal habeas proceedings. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Danforth v. Minnesota

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Danforth v. Minnesota

Whether a state can permit an inmate to raise constitutional claims in state post-conviction proceedings that would be barred in federal habeas proceedings. DECIDED
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Brendlin v. California
U.S. Supreme Court
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Brendlin v. California

Reviewing whether a car's passenger can challenge an illegal traffic stop under the Fourth Amendment. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2007
Brendlin v. California

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Brendlin v. California

Reviewing whether a car's passenger can challenge an illegal traffic stop under the Fourth Amendment. DECIDED
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