CASE #52 – BROWN V. POUNCY ET AL. (42ND JDC)
On September 30, 2022, after a court ruled that Mr. Brown’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 and Covington & Burling LLP filed a state court suit on behalf of Mr. Jarius Brown. That action, […]
CASE #51 – WILLIAMS ET AL. V. DAVIS (SCOTUS)
The law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, in collaboration with the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, submitted a petition for a writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of Remingtyn Williams, Lauren Chustz, and Bilal Ali-Bey—putative class action plaintiffs whose protest after George Floyd’s murder was dispersed by law enforcement […]
CASE #50 – OTKINS V. GILBOY ET AL. (CA5)
The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and the Civil Rights Clinic at the University of Denver College of Law filed an appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on behalf of Mr. Cedric Otkins, Jr. Mr. Otkins is a Black man who was unconstitutionally detained and subjected to a […]
CASE #49 – BROWN V. POUNCY ET AL. (CA5)
The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Covington & Burling LLP filed an appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 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. The United States […]
CASE #48 – THOMAS V. TEWIS ET AL. (CA5)
The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and the Cardozo School of Law Civil Rights Clinic filed an appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on behalf of Deanna Thomas, an unhoused 56-year-old woman who officers of the East Jefferson Levee District Police Department handcuffed, violently threw to the ground, […]
CASE #47 – HART ET AL. V. PERKINS (CA5)
The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Reid Collins & Tsai LLP, on behalf of Plaintiff Teliah Perkins, recently filed their brief in opposition to Defendants’ appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Ms. Perkins was violently arrested and manhandled by two St. Tammany Parish Sherriff’s Office deputies at […]
CASE #46 – JOHNSON V. TURNER (CA5)
Parish: Orleans Police Department: Harbor Police Department of the Port of New Orleans The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, along with the Fordham Law School Federal Litigation Clinic, is appearing before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on behalf of Shauna Johnson—a Lyft driver who was arrested without probable cause and in […]
CASE #45 – BEROID V. LAFLEUR ET AL. (CA5)
The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Foley Hoag recently filed an appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on behalf of Chance Beroid, an individual who was unlawfully shot with a Taser in his family’s home by officers of the Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff’s Office. The United States […]
CASE #44 – BAILEY V. ILES (CA5)
Parish: Rapides Police Department: Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office In March of 2020, during the uncertainty of the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Waylon Bailey of Rapides Parish, Louisiana sought to make light of the situation by posting an obvious joke on his Facebook page. His post consisted of a faux‐urgent warning to his Facebook […]
CASE #43 – ASANTE-CHIOKE V. DOWDLE ET AL. (EDLA)
Parish: Jefferson Police Department(s): Louisiana State Police; and the East Jefferson Levee District Police Department The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana is now representing Malikah Asante-Chioke, the daughter of Jabari Asante-Chioke – a man suffering from severe mental illness who was shot twenty-four times by police officers employed by Louisiana State Police and the East […]