A judge in Kansas rejected a request for a temporary restraining order to block the enforcement of SB 244, a state law that invalidates the driver’s licenses of transgender people and allows anyone to sue someone they suspect of being transgender for using the “wrong” restroom in government buildings.
A Kansas district court judge declined to temporarily block enforcement of a new state law that invalidates updated driver’s licenses and birth certificates for transgender people and restricts restroom access in government buildings, allowing the measure to remain in effect while litigation proceeds.
Civil rights groups have criticized the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations in Southern California, alleging that the raids amount to racial profiling targeting Latino communities in violation of their Fifth and Fourth Amendment rights.
Two transgender Kansas residents have filed a lawsuit challenging a newly enacted Kansas law that invalidates certain driver’s licenses, restricts updates to gender markers, and authorizes private lawsuits based on suspected transgender identity, citing violations of the Kansas Constitution.
A coalition of civil rights organizations is asking a federal judge to strike down two Trump administration immigration enforcement policies that convert courthouses into enforcement dragnets and subject immigrants to prolonged detention in facilities never designed for overnight confinement.
Officer Samantha Fiedler and five other LAPD officers have filed a lawsuit alleging that the department enforced an unofficial quota system prioritizing gang contacts and gun-related arrests, and punished officers who failed to meet those expectations.
A federal class action civil rights lawsuit has been filed challenging the routine use of solitary confinement against youth held in New York State custody, alleging children are locked alone in small cells for up to 24 hours a day, sometimes for weeks or months at a time, and denied access to education, rehabilitative programming, recreation, and basic health and hygiene needs.
California’s Racial Justice Act was designed to force courts to confront racial harms, but the judiciary has demonstrated how racism evolves within legal procedure by using modern procedural tools to insulate racially tainted convictions.
Three legal claims have been filed against the city of Anaheim accusing police officers of using unjustified and excessive force during a Dec. 6 encounter that resulted in the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Alberto Arzola, serious injuries to another teenager, and lasting trauma to a child who witnessed the shooting.
Orange County was ordered to pay $1.54 million in attorneys’ fees in addition to a $3 million verdict in favor of former Orange County senior assistant district attorney Tracy Miller, who was awarded damages after alleging harassment and retaliation by District Attorney Todd Spitzer and Judge Shawn Nelson.