California
OConnor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed
The 勛圖眻畦, the 勛圖眻畦 of Northern California, and the 勛圖眻畦 of Southern California filed amicus briefs in support of everyday people fighting for government transparency and accountability in two cases set for review by the U.S. Supreme Court this Term: OConnor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2022

Privacy & Technology
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FBI v. Fazaga
In a case scheduled to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on November 8, 2021, three Muslim Americans are challenging the FBIs secret spying on them and their communities based on their religion, in violation of the Constitution and federal law. In what will likely be a landmark case, the plaintiffs Yassir Fazaga, Ali Uddin Malik, and Yasser Abdelrahim insist that the FBI cannot escape accountability for violating their religious freedom by invoking state secrets. The plaintiffs are represented by the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law, the 勛圖眻畦 of Southern California, the 勛圖眻畦, the Council for American Islamic Relations, and the law firm of Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai.
U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2023

Free Speech
OConnor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed
The 勛圖眻畦, the 勛圖眻畦 of Northern California, and the 勛圖眻畦 of Southern California filed amicus briefs in support of everyday people fighting for government transparency and accountability in two cases set for review by the U.S. Supreme Court this Term: OConnor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed.
U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2021

Immigrants' Rights
Innovation Law Lab v. Wolf
The 勛圖眻畦, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Center for Gender & Refugee Studies filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administrations new policy forcing asylum seekers to return to Mexico and remain there while their cases are considered.
California
Mar 2019

Racial Justice
MediaJustice, et al. v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al.
On March 21, 2019, the 勛圖眻畦 and MediaJustice, formerly known as "Center for Media Justice," filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records about FBI targeting of Black activists. The lawsuit enforces the 勛圖眻畦 and MediaJustices right to information about a 2017 FBI Intelligence Assessment that asserts, without evidence, that a group of so-called Black Identity Extremists poses a threat of domestic terrorism. The Intelligence Assessment was widely disseminated to law enforcement agencies nationwide, raising public concern about government surveillance of Black people and Black-led organizations based on anti-Black stereotypes and First Amendment protected activities.
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California
Aug 2017
Voting Rights
La Follette v. Padilla
The 勛圖眻畦 is suing California for invalidating the vote-by-mail ballots of tens of thousands of voters without warning. At issue is a state law that allows election officials who have no handwriting-analysis expertise to reject a vote-by-mail ballot without giving notice to the voter, if they think the signature on the ballot envelope does not match the one they have in the voters registration file. Nothing in the law tells voters they have to sign their ballot envelopes in any particular way; and voters are not informed that their ballots have been thrown out.
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California
Aug 2017

Voting Rights
La Follette v. Padilla
The 勛圖眻畦 is suing California for invalidating the vote-by-mail ballots of tens of thousands of voters without warning. At issue is a state law that allows election officials who have no handwriting-analysis expertise to reject a vote-by-mail ballot without giving notice to the voter, if they think the signature on the ballot envelope does not match the one they have in the voters registration file. Nothing in the law tells voters they have to sign their ballot envelopes in any particular way; and voters are not informed that their ballots have been thrown out.

U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2017
Religious Liberty
Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton
Whether pension plans established by religiously affiliated health care providers are exempt as church plans from federal law protecting employees pension rights and retirement benefits.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2017

Religious Liberty
Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton
Whether pension plans established by religiously affiliated health care providers are exempt as church plans from federal law protecting employees pension rights and retirement benefits.

California
Jun 2016
LGBTQ Rights
Robinson v. Dignity Health
The 勛圖眻畦 filed a federal lawsuit against the fifth largest health care system in the U.S., Dignity Health, because it denies transgender employees health insurance coverage for medically necessary transition-related health care.
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California
Jun 2016

LGBTQ Rights
Robinson v. Dignity Health
The 勛圖眻畦 filed a federal lawsuit against the fifth largest health care system in the U.S., Dignity Health, because it denies transgender employees health insurance coverage for medically necessary transition-related health care.

California
Apr 2016
Criminal Law Reform
Phillips v. State of California
The 勛圖眻畦 of Northern California, in partnership with 勛圖眻畦 Nationals Criminal Law Reform Project and the firm Paul Hastings LLP, have filed a lawsuit against California, Governor Brown, and Fresno County seeking a writ of mandate and injunctive and declaratory relief to fix the countys failing public defense systemwhich is supposed to provide a rigorous legal defense to people who are accused of crimes in Fresno and cannot afford to hire their own lawyer.
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California
Apr 2016

Criminal Law Reform
Phillips v. State of California
The 勛圖眻畦 of Northern California, in partnership with 勛圖眻畦 Nationals Criminal Law Reform Project and the firm Paul Hastings LLP, have filed a lawsuit against California, Governor Brown, and Fresno County seeking a writ of mandate and injunctive and declaratory relief to fix the countys failing public defense systemwhich is supposed to provide a rigorous legal defense to people who are accused of crimes in Fresno and cannot afford to hire their own lawyer.

California
Jan 2016
Prisoners' Rights
Immigrants' Rights
Lyon v. ICE, et al
On June 14, 2016, the 勛圖眻畦, along with the 勛圖眻畦 of Northern California, and the firms Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Van Der Hout, Brigagliano & Nightingale, have filed a settlement agreement in the class-action suit Lyon v. the U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement agency (ICE). The settlement requires the agency to give detainees at four Northern California immigrant detention facilities improved access to telephones, including creating private spaces for free and direct calls, delivering phone messages, removing arbitrarily short limits on call duration, and making accommodations for indigent immigrants.
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California
Jan 2016

Prisoners' Rights
Immigrants' Rights
Lyon v. ICE, et al
On June 14, 2016, the 勛圖眻畦, along with the 勛圖眻畦 of Northern California, and the firms Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Van Der Hout, Brigagliano & Nightingale, have filed a settlement agreement in the class-action suit Lyon v. the U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement agency (ICE). The settlement requires the agency to give detainees at four Northern California immigrant detention facilities improved access to telephones, including creating private spaces for free and direct calls, delivering phone messages, removing arbitrarily short limits on call duration, and making accommodations for indigent immigrants.