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.