A federal civil rights lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement arguing that ICE has violated the constitutional rights of 13 people in immigration detention who are at heightened risk of...
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Mar 23, 2020
Epstein et al v. Arkoosh et al
Criminal Justice Reform
Status: Filed
On March 23, 2020, the ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit against the Montgomery County commissioners accusing the county of violating the state Sunshine Act when the commissioners dismissed the county's ...
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Mar 10, 2020
Harrington v. UPMC and Allegheny County
Privacy & Security
Status: Open
On March 11, 2020, the Law Offices of Timothy P. O’Brien and the ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a class action lawsuit against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Allegheny County on behalf of...
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Feb 25, 2020
Ortega Campoverde v. Doll et al.
Immigrants' Rights
Status: Open
On February 24, 2020, the ACLU of Pennsylvania and volunteer attorneys from the law firm Dechert LLP filed a federal habeas petition on behalf of Julio Ortega Campoverde of Allentown, who has been held in...
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Feb 20, 2020
Joaquin Marte v. Oliver et al.
Immigrants' Rights
Status: Open
On February 12, 2020, the ACLU of Pennsylvania and volunteer attorneys filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the borough of Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, and two borough police officers over a traffic...
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Nov 20, 2019
Commonwealth v. Davis
Privacy & Security
Status: Closed
If a defendant in a criminal case refuses to disclose the password to his encrypted computer, does either the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution or Article 1, Section 9 of the Pennsylvania...