Lozano v. City of Hazleton

Federal Court, Middle District

Lucas Guttentag, Lee Gelernt, Omar C. Jadwat, Jennifer C. Chang (ACLU-Immigrants' Rights Project); Vic Walczak, Paula Knudsen, Mary Catherine Roper (ACLU of PA); Thomas Wilkinson, Jr., Linda Kaiser, Doreen Yatko Trujillo, William Taylor, Elena Park, Douglas Frankenthaler, Ilan Rosenberg (Cozen O'Connor); Foster Maer, Lee Llambelis, Jackson Chin (Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund); Laurence E. Norton II, Peter Zurflieh, Shamaine Daniels (Community Justice Project); George R. Barron; Barry H. Dyller; David Vaida

Press Releases

• Federal Court Strikes Down Discriminatory Anti-Immigrant Law in Hazleton (7/26/2007)
• Hazleton Residents Sue to Halt Harsh Anti-Immigrant Law (8/15/06)
• Federal Judge Blocks Hazleton Anti-Immigrant Ordinance, Says Law Causes Harm to Legal Immigrants (10/31/2006)

Other materials

• Letter offering to settle litigation (8/15/06) (282k PDF)

• Letter to Louis Barletta, Mayor, City of Hazleton(59k PDF)

• Plaintiff's expert report on crime and immigration

• Expert's bio

Legal Documents

Complaint

• Hazleton complaint (3764k PDF)
• First Amended Complaint (276k PDF)
• Seconded amended complaint (277k PDF)

Briefs

• US Chamber of Commerce Amicus Brief (845k PDF)
• Hazleton Plaintiffs' Brief-Appeal (425k PDF)
• Hazleton Defendants' Brief-Appeal (263k PDF)
• Eagle Forum Amicus Brief (83k PDF)
• Washington Legal Foundation Amicus (63k PDF)
• Judicial Watch Amicus (1007k PDF)

Decisions

• Order from 9-1-06 (61k PDF)
• Order to protect clients' identities (60k PDF)
• TRO order 10-31-2006 (78k PDF)