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Disability Law United Receives RMIAN 2022 Pro Bono Service Award
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN) Names Disability Law United as Pro Bono Service Award Honoree On July 29, Disability Law United received RMIAN’s 2022 Pro Bono Service Award in honor of the Immigration Detention Accountability Project’s (IDAP) work. See…
Disability Law United Settles Lawsuit on Behalf of the National Federation of the Blind and Blind Prisoners
Colorado Department of Corrections will Remedy the Systemic Failures that Threatened the Privacy and Safety of Blind Prisoners DENVER, CO — Brian Christopher Mackes and Adrian Chávez, two blind men in the custody of the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC),…
Federal Court Allows Discrimination Case Against Salvation Army’s Opioid Use Disorder Policy to Continue
Today, the federal District Court of Massachusetts rejected a motion to dismiss and ruled against the Salvation Army’s Eastern Territory in a case challenging the Salvation Army’s discriminatory policy of denying access to medication for opioid use disorder (“MOUD”) for…
The City of Sacramento Fails to Stop Racial Justice Protesters from Suing for Police Violence
SACRAMENTO, CA — A federal judge rejected the City of Sacramento’s attempt to end a lawsuit against police violence brought by racial justice protesters. The case, White v. City of Sacramento, seeks to stop the City and its Police Department…
Disability Law United’s Spring 2022 Externs!
Disability Law United is grateful and excited to welcome Toni Cross and Hilary Smith on board. Toni joins the Accessibility Project as a current 2L at Vanderbilt Law School. Born and raised in Orlando, Florida, she is a law student,…
Welcome Staff Attorneys Golnaz and Elizabeth!
Disability Law United is overjoyed to introduce new additions to our team. Golnaz Fakhimi joins the Immigration Detention Accountability Project to advance justice through individual and class-action representation of immigrants with disabilities. She has worked with and for structurally marginalized…
Sacramento Police Department Sued for Repressing Anti-Police Efforts with Violence, Surveillance, and Home Raids
SACRAMENTO — Racial justice protesters recently filed suit against the City of Sacramento and the Sacramento Police Department for patterns of brutalization by police. Plaintiffs allege abuse during Black Lives Matter protests in 2020; the Sacramento Police Department then continued…