Two Students File Federal Lawsuit against Hillsdale College for Failure to Investigate Sexual Assault Reports
By Maggie Harned HILLSDALE, MI. — Two Hillsdale College students who reported incidents of sexual assault by…
Raids on Stores, Homes of Sacramento Councilmember Linked to Federal Lawsuit and Human Trafficking Claims
By Crescenzo Vellucci Jr. The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Federal agents late last week…
Officers’ Abuse of Teens Costs Taxpayers $223,000 – Cops Pocketed More Than That and Didn’t Pay Anything
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – Teens unlawfully detained by Sacramento Police Dept. officers led to…
Homeless Union Files Official Complaint with California State Bar, Charges Sacramento District Attorney Misconduct for Interfering with Federal Court Order, Endangering Lives of Unhoused
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Chief Counsel of the Sacramento Homeless…
ACLU Files Lawsuit against ICE over Detainee Conditions, Accessibility of Legal Materials after Agency Failed to Respond to FOIA Request
By Gabriel Johnson and Rena Abdusalam SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Following an unanswered Freedom of Information Act…
George Floyd Protestor Awarded $860K by Los Angles City after Police Shot Him
By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – A man shot by a projectile and badly wounded…
Civil Rights Suit Filed against Antioch Cops for ‘Excessive Force, Salacious Patterns of Racial, Misogynic, and Homophobic Bigotry’
By The Vanguard Staff ANTIOCH, CA – A federal lawsuit has been filed against Antioch police officers…
Judge Allows Federal Lawsuit to Continue – Suit Charges ‘Violent’ Sacramento Police Violate Rights of Racial Justice Protestors, Protect ‘White Supremacists’
By Cres Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – A 74-page federal lawsuit seeking to end…
Seattle, Portland, NYC Sue Trump, Barr and Others for Unconstitutional Anarchist Memo
By Julietta Bisharyan, Linh Nguyen and Lauren Smith Plaintiff cities Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon and New York,…
Sympathetic Federal Court Panel Can’t Release COVID-19 Threatened State Prisoners
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Just as a Sacramento Public Defender Office motion,…
Unhoused File Federal Suit against City of Sacramento for Right to Port-A-Potty
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Unhoused residents and their advocates in Sacramento have long…
Appeals Court Hears UCD Discrimination Case – Grad Student Complained about Play Using ‘N’ Word
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Can the University of California system discriminate? That was…
Unjust Bail System Ending in San Francisco
Judge Issues Injunction to Remove Price Tag on Freedom (From Press Release – Equal Justice Under Law)…
Federal Judge Soon to Rule on Final Class Action Status of Sacramento County Jails Lawsuit
Inmate Treatment Descriptions Unsuitable for Holiday Season By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – ‘Tis the…
Judge Dismisses Sexual Harassment Suit Against Sheriff With Prejudice
Yolo County Sheriff Ed Prieto has been accused of sexual harassment in a series of civil suits…
