CASE #72 – JOHNSON V. MORING (CA5)
Parish: St. Tammany Police Department: St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Reid Collins & Tsai LLP, on behalf of Plaintiff De’Shaun Johnson, filed their brief in opposition to Defendant Moring’s appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In May 2020, Mr. Johnson filmed […]
CASE #71 – ASANTE-CHIOKE V. DOWDLE, ET AL. (SCOTUS)
The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and White & Case LLP filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of Malikah Asante-Chioke, the daughter of Jabari Asante-Chioke, a 52-year-old Black man who was unlawfully shot and killed by police officers employed by Louisiana State Police […]
Case #70 – SAMPY V. RABB, ET AL. (CA5)
Parish Lafayette City Parish Police Department: Lafayette Police Department Summary: The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Freshfields US LLP filed an appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on behalf of Mr. Raynaldo Markeith Sampy Jr. Mr. Sampy is a Black male who was sleeping in his car […]
CASE #69 – ASANTE-CHIOKE V. HODGES (19TH JDC – WRIT OF MANDAMUS)
Parish: East Baton Rouge Police Department: Louisiana State Police The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, together with White & Case LLP, successfully petitioned the 19th Judicial District Court for a writ of mandamus to compel the Louisiana State Police to produce documents requested by Malikah Asante-Chioke, whose father was killed by police in 2021. […]
CASE #68 – LOUISIANA V. MONROE (LASC)
Parish: Bossier Police Department: Louisiana State Police The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (“RFK Human Rights”), on behalf of Anthony Monroe, filed a criminal writ application with the Louisiana Supreme Court, after Mr. Monroe was convicted of battery of a police officer and resisting an officer. Mr. Monroe […]
CASE #67 – MONROE V. CONNER ET AL. (SCOTUS)
The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Latham & Watkins LLP filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of Anthony Monroe, an individual who was unlawfully beaten by the Louisiana State Police on his way home from work. The United States District Court […]
CASE #66 – BROWN V. POUNCY ET AL. (SCOTUS)
The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Covington & Burling LLP filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of Jarius Brown, an individual who was unlawfully beaten by DeSoto Parish police officers. The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana […]
CASE #65 – PIGOTT ET AL. V. GINTZ (CA5)
Parish: Rapides Police Department(s): · Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, and Southern Poverty Law Center filed an appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on behalf of Mr. Wesley Pigott and his two children, who were minors at the […]
CASE #64 — WASHINGTON V. SMITH, ET AL. (EDLA)
Parish: St. Tammany Police Department: St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office The ACLU of Louisiana’s Justice Lab, RFK Human Rights, and Linklaters LLP are representing Bruce Washington in a second lawsuit, filed against Officers Chance Cloud, Curtis Finn, Taylor Lewis, and Douglas Searle from the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office (“STPSO”), along with Deputy Chief George Cox; Major of […]
CASE # 63 – ASANTE-CHIOKE V. DOWDLE ET AL. (CA5—STAY REQUEST)
Parish: Jefferson Police Department(s): Louisiana State Police and the East Jefferson Levee District Police Department The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and White & Case LLP, on behalf of Plaintiff Malikah Asante-Chioke, recently filed their opposition to the Defendant-Officer’s request under Rule 8 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure that the U.S. Court of […]