NEW ORLEANS—The ACLU of Louisiana has joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in the filing of an amended complaint against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

NEW ORLEANS—A coalition of immigrants’ rights groups today released a new report documenting widespread abuse and inhumane treatment at nine immigration detention facilities across Louisiana.

NEW ORLEANS — A settlement has been reached between the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Louisiana Justice Lab client Ms. Jacinta Danks, the City of Kenner, Louisiana, and Mr. Chase Lawler, a Kenner Police Department officer.

Four public interest law groups — The Law Enforcement Accountability Project, Institute for Justice, Orleans Public Defenders, and Public Justice — have filed amicus briefs supporting the petitions for writs of certiorari in Brown v. Pouncy and Monroe v. Conner.

NEW ORLEANS —The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of ACLU of Louisiana Justice Lab client, Mr. Bilal Hankins, a Black man who was a teenager at the time of the incident. The published opinion sets a precedent in the deep south that there is no basis to stop and seize Black motorists

Today, Black voters asked the Supreme Court to take up a case to determine whether Louisiana will maintain the map enacted by the state legislature this year, which includes two majority-Black districts, following the 2024 elections.

NEW ORLEANS —The ACLU of Louisiana has filed petitions for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court in the cases Brown v. Pouncy and Monroe v. Connor.

NEW ORLEANS—In a new report, the ACLU of Louisiana and Fund For Guaranteed Income (F4GI) have announced the six-month results of the Truth and Reconciliation (T&R) guaranteed income program, the nation’s first initiative focused specifically on those impacted by police violence.

BATON ROUGE—In an effort to stop state and school-district officials from implementing a new law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in every public-school classroom, the plaintiffs in Roake v. Brumley filed a motion for a preliminary injunction today.