Archives: Cases

Parish: Jefferson Police Department: Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, Cooley LLP, and Aaron & Gianna, PLC, represented Kenner resident Frances Tapps in a lawsuit against Randolph “Randy” McClendon, a former Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office (JPSO) deputy; Joseph P. Lopinto, the Sheriff of Jefferson Parish; and HUM Management, LLC, Ms. Tapps’ former […]

Parish: Caddo Police Department: Shreveport Police Department The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Baker Hostetler are representing Gregory James Bledsoe, against employees from the Shreveport Police Department and Caddo Parish District Attorney’s Office. On August 4, 2015, an officer with the Shreveport Police Department responded to reports of an alleged burglary of a residence. The officer […]

Parish: Jefferson Police Department: Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, Roche Freedman LLP, and Aaron & Gianna, PLC are representing Shavonda Brooks, on behalf of her minor child, “A.B.”, against Sheriff Joseph P. Lopinto and other employees from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office (“JPSO”). On December 14, 2020, A.B. and […]

Parish: Caddo Police Department: Shreveport Police Department The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and global law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP represented Mr. Brandon Kennedy in a civil-rights action against two officers of the Shreveport Police Department in their individual capacities, and Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith and the records custodians of the […]

Parish: Caddo Police Department: Louisiana State Police The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana represents Mr. Anthony Monroe in a civil rights action against state troopers from the Louisiana State Police for the illegal arrest and use of excessive force against him.  Mr. Monroe was another unarmed, nonthreatening Black man who was just trying to […]

Parish: Jefferson Police Department:  Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Cooley LLP are representing Nathasia Paul in a civil rights lawsuit against Sheriff Joseph P. Lopinto, III, Deputy Chief of Special Investigations, Curtis P. Matthews, and several law enforcement officers from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office (“JPSO”). On November […]

Parish: East Feliciana Police Department(s): Jackson Police Department The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and King & Spalding LLP are representing Chastity Harveston in a civil rights lawsuit against a police officer from the Jackson, Louisiana Police Department, as well as the Town of Jackson. Ms. Harveston’s Complaint describes how, on November 4, 2020, […]

Parish: Richland Police Department(s): Richland Parish Sheriff’s Office Louisiana State Police The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Perkins Coie LLP are representing Glen Stewart in a civil rights lawsuit against law enforcement officers with the Richland Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Louisiana State Police, and against those agencies that employ them. On the […]

Parish: Terrebonne Police Department(s): Houma Police Department Terrebonne Police Department Louisiana State Police The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, alongside Akerman LLP, is representing the surviving wife and children of Miguel Nevarez, a 36-year-old Afro-Latino man who officers fatally shot 17 times in October 2020. The lawsuit names six Houma Police Department officers, including the […]

Parish: Jefferson Police Department: Kenner Police Department The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, along with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. and Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, LLC commenced a civil rights action against ten Kenner police officers, the Kenner Police Chief, and the City of Kenner, for the unlawful arrest and use […]