CASE #62 – ASANTE-CHIOKE V. DOWDLE ET AL. (CA5)
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 brief in opposition to the Defendant-Officer’s appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Ms. Asante-Chioke’s […]
CASE #61 – HANKINS V. WHEELER, ET AL. (CA5)
Parish: Orleans Police Department(s): Orleans Levee District Police Department; and Housing Authority New Orleans The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Cooley LLP filed an appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on behalf of Mr. Bilal Hankins. Mr. Hankins is a Black man who was driving in a vehicle with friends looking […]
CASE #60 – BROWN V. POUNCY (LA. 2D CIR)
Parish: Desoto Police Department: Desoto Parish Sheriff’s Office The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Covington & Burling LLP have filed an appeal in the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal on behalf of Jarius Brown, an individual who was unlawfully beaten by DeSoto Parish police officers after being taken into custody following a nonviolent traffic violation. After […]
CASE #59 – LOUISIANA V. MONROE (LA. 2D CIR.)
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 an application for a supervisory writ with the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal, after Mr. Monroe was convicted of battery of a police officer and […]
CASE #58 – MONROE V. CONNER ET AL. (1ST JDC)
On March 10, 2023, after a court ruled that Mr. Monroe’s state law claims fell outside of its purview because it was unable to decide the federal case due to Louisiana’s draconian one-year statute of limitations, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana filed a state court suit on behalf of Mr. Anthony Monroe. That action, like the federal case he […]
CASE #57 – BLEDSOE V. WILLIS ET AL. (CA5)
Parish: Caddo Police Department: Shreveport Police Department The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Ice Miller LLP, on behalf of Plaintiff Gregory Bledsoe, recently filed their brief in opposition to the defendant-officers’ appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. By way of background, Mr. Bledsoe was wrongfully arrested as a result of the […]
CASE #56 – MONROE V. CONNER ET AL. (CA5)
The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Latham & Watkins LLP (“Latham”), on behalf of Anthony Monroe, recently filed an appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Mr. Monroe, an unarmed Black man, was unlawfully beaten by Louisiana State police officers during a traffic stop on his way home from work early in the […]
CASE #55 – NEVAREZ V. COLEMAN (CA5)
The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Akerman, LLP, on behalf of Miguel Nevarez, a 36-year-old Afro-Latino man, who was fatally shot by Houma police officers, recently filed their brief in opposition to the Defendant’s appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The United States District Court for the Eastern […]
CASE #54 – WASHINGTON V. THOMAS (CA5)
The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Linklaters, LLP, on behalf of Bruce Washington, recently filed their brief in opposition to the Defendant’s appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Mr. Washington, a 53-year-old Black man, was involved subjected to a hostile, invasive pretextual stop by three deputies of the […]
CASE #53 – MONROE V. CONNER ET AL. (26TH JDC)
On March 10, 2023, after a court ruled that Mr. Monroe’s state law claims fell outside of its purview because it was unable to decide the federal case due to Louisiana’s draconian one-year statute of limitations, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana filed a state court suit on behalf of Mr. Anthony Monroe. That action, like the federal case he […]