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Jul 23, 2020

Wilson, et al. v. Williams, et al.

Prisoners' Rights
Status: Closed

We filed this habeas action on "deliberate indifference" standards to decrease the population of Elkton FCI during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Wooden gavel
Jul 23, 2020

Amaya-Cruz, et al. v. Adducci, et al.

Status: Closed

Continued incarceration of civil detainees who are at heightened risk of serious illness or death if they contract COVID-19 is unconstitutionally punitive under the Fifth Amendment and the appropriate...

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Wooden gavel
Jul 23, 2020

Prieto-Refunjol, et al. v. Adducci

Status: Closed

Detention of civil detainees who are at heightened risk of serious illness or death if they contract COVID-19 is unconstitutionally punitive under the Fifth Amendment. The appropriate remedy is 28 U.S.C....

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Wooden gavel
Jul 23, 2020

State ex rel. Licthenwalter v. Dewine (amicus)

Status: Closed

Derek Lichtenwalter is incarcerated at Belmont Correctional Institution which, like all Ohio prisons, is experiencing a massive and uncontrolled COVID-19 outbreak. He is also a person living with HIV, and...

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Wooden gavel
Jul 23, 2020

United States v. Jackson (amicus)

Status: Closed

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The underlying case is United States v. Jackson, No. 1:15 CR 453-001, 2019 WL 2524786 (N.D. Ohio June 18, 2019) (Gaughan, C.J.), appeal filed, Nos. 19-3623 & 19-3711 (6th Cir.). Mr....

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Wooden gavel
Jul 10, 2020

Ohioans for Raising the Wage v. LaRose

Status: Closed

The COVID-19 pandemic renders signature-gathering for campaigns effectively impossible, primarily because large in-person gatherings where signatures are traditionally gathered cannot occur; door-to-door...

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