CASE #12 – DUNN V. FONTENOT ET AL. (WDLA)
Parish: Acadia Police Department: Eunice Police Department The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, alongside Sidley Austin LLP, is representing Lieutenant Michael Dunn in an action against the City of Eunice, Louisiana, its Chief of Police, and others individuals in the Eunice Police Department. Through his lawsuit, Lt. Dunn blows the whistle on pervasive misconduct […]
CASE #11 – PERKINS V. HART ET AL. (EDLA)
Parish: St. Tammany Police Department: St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Reid Collins & Tsai LLP are representing Teliah C. Perkins and her son, De’Shaun Johnson, in a civil rights action against two deputies from the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office. Ms. Perkins’ complaint describes how, on May 5, 2020, […]
CASE #10 – BEAUREGARD V. BREAUX ET AL. (EDLA)
Parish: Jefferson Police Department: Gretna Police Department Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana On April 30, 2021, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Alston & Bird LLP sued numerous Gretna Police Department officers for the racist and brutal assault of a Black man in May 2020. On the […]
CASE #9 – WATKINS V. FOX ET AL. (EDLA) (SETTLED)
Parish: Tangipahoa Police Department: Hammond Police Department The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, alongside Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, represented Mr. Timothy Watkins, a Black man severely injured during his arrest on a minor shoplifting charge. During his arrest, Mr. Watkins—who was unarmed, fully cooperative, and posed no threat or risk of flight—pleaded with […]
CASE #8 – WILLIAMS ET AL. V. FERGUSON ET AL. (EDLA)
Parish: Orleans Police Department(s): New Orleans Police Department, Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, and Louisiana State Police Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, alongside Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, represented Remingtyn A. Williams, Lauren E. Chustz, and Bilal Ali-Bey, on behalf of themselves and […]
CASE #7 – CELESTINE V. BISSELL ET AL. (EDLA) (SETTLED)
Parish: Orleans Police Department: New Orleans Police Department Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, alongside Venable LLP, represented Mr. Michael Celestine—a Black man who was chased, seized, and arrested after an officer noted an alleged “bulge” in his clothing. As a result of […]
CASE #6 – PIGOTT ET AL. V. GINTZ (WDLA)
Parish: Rapides Police Department: Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, alongside the Southern Poverty Law Center and R.F.K. Human Rights, is currently representing Mr. Wesley Pigott—a white man—and his two Black children, K.P. and Mya. The Pigott’s are victims […]
CASE #5 – THOMAS V. TEWIS ET AL. (EDLA)
Parish: Jefferson Police Department: East Jefferson Levee District Police Department Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, alongside Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, is now representing Ms. Deanna Thomas—a Black woman presently experiencing homelessness, who was arrested for camping on a levee in Laketown Park. […]
CASE #4 – STEVENSON V. GAUTREAUX (CA5) (CLOSED)
Parish: East Baton Rouge Police Department: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, along with UCI Irvine Law School Civil Rights Litigation Clinic, represented the estate of Mr. Travis Stevenson, a Black man who was experiencing a mental health crisis when […]
CASE #3 – SAMPY V. RABB ET AL. (WDLA)
Parish: Lafayette Police Department: Lafayette Police Department Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, alongside Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP and Kuchler Polk Weiner, LLC, represents Mr. Raynaldo Sampy—a Black man who was asleep and pulled from his parked truck, repeatedly thrown onto the pavement face […]