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Feb 3, 2021

Degbe v. Deville

The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, alongside the Scott Law Firm, LLC, filed suit in federal court for the release of a Togolese immigrant being detained at Winn Correctional Center in...

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Nov 17, 2020

Spears v Gautreaux

Police Practices

In November 2020, the ACLU of Louisiana’s Justice Lab and the UCI Irvine Law School Civil Rights Litigation clinic have filed a brief asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a district court’s...

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Aug 21, 2020

Kaiser v Meyer

In August 2020, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana sued for the release of public records about a secretive state panel that was intended to facilitate the temporary release of vulnerable...

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Apr 15, 2020

Livas v. Myers

We brought this case on behalf of a class of incarcerated individuals at the Oakdale facility, and requested immediate release of the Petitioners and Class Members, coupled with appropriate support and...

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Hospital beds at Angola
Mar 31, 2020

Lewis v. Cain (Angola Medical)

Prisoner's Rights
Status: Pending

Prisoners at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola (Angola) needlessly suffer from chronic pain, permanent injury, and preventable sickness and death as a result of prison officials’ failure to provide...

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Oct 3, 2019

Dean v. Easterling

In September 2019, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana intervened on behalf of a local photographer who was being sued for defamation after documenting a New Orleans school principal wearing...

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