ACLU/SC News Releases For 2009

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December 2009

ACLU/SC Condemns D.A.’s Failure to Prosecute El Monte Officer in Police Abuse Case (12/30/2009)

Charges against Army Veteran Are Dismissed Only Days after ACLU/SC Takes His Case (12/11/2009)

State Agency Writes New Policies to End Discrimination and Narrow the Scope of Joint Inspections in Lawsuit Settlement (12/10/2009)

Steve Schnur; Robert Redford,* Michelle Satter, Cara Mertes and the Leadership of the Sundance Institute; and María Elena Durazo to Be Honored at ACLU/SC’s 2009 Bill of Rights Awards (12/7/2009)

November 2009

Hundreds of Immigrants Will Finally Become U.S. Citizens Under Terms of Lawsuit Settlement (11/9/2009)

October 2009

Tortured U.S. Citizen Freed from Middle Eastern Prison (10/30/2009)

ACLU/SC Says OIR Report on Pasadena Police Shooting is Valuable to Police and Community (10/29/2009)

Tortured U.S. Citizen Sentenced to 18 Months Time Served in U.A.E. on Unspecified Charges (10/12/2009)

Supreme Court Hears ACLU Case Involving Latin Cross War Memorial In Mojave Desert (10/7/2009)

September 2009

ACLU/SC Sues Orange County D.A. for Illegally Placing Residents under Gang Injunction (9/23/2009)

Intolerable Conditions at Downtown Immigration Facility Will End Under Terms of Lawsuit Settlement (9/17/2009)

ACLU/SC Settles Lawsuit over Orange County High School That Tolerated Homophobia and Sexism (9/9/2009)

August 2009

Federal Court Rules Class Action Lawsuit Challenging Prolonged Detention of Immigrants Can Go Forward (8/20/2009)

ACLU/SC Demands Lancaster City Council End Sectarian Prayers at City Meetings (8/10/2009)

DHS Plan to Improve the Immigration Detention System a Good First Step (8/6/2009)

Veterans Groups File Briefs in the Supreme Court Supporting ACLU in Mojave Cross Case (8/4/2009)

July 2009

Landmark Lawsuit Accuses State of Failing to Protect Farm Workers from Heat-Related Death and Illness (7/30/2009)

Immigrant Detainee Rights Are Routinely, Systematically Violated, New Report Finds (7/29/2009)

U.S. Citizen Tried Behind Closed Doors in U.A.E.; U.S. Officials Silent (7/20/2009)

ACLU/SC Disappointed by Judge’s Decision to End the LAPD Consent Decree (7/17/2009)

City of Santa Monica Is Sued for Its Throwback Policy of Treating Disabled Homeless People as Criminals (7/14/2009)

ACLU Urges Court to Require County Analysis of Jail Closure’s Impact on Overcrowding and Violence (7/13/2009)

LGBT Community Groups Seek to Intervene in Federal Challenge to Proposition 8 (7/9/2009)

June 2009

Hundreds to Testify In First-Ever Public Hearing On California’s Death Penalty (6/30/2009)

Beach City Agrees to Settlement of Lawsuit over Treatment of Chronically Homeless People (6/25/2009)

Legal Groups Say State Proposal to Protect Farmworkers from Summer Heat Is “Totally Inadequate” (6/18/2009)

Court Decision Means LAPD’s Special Order 40 Stands (6/17/2009)

New Report Shows Terrorism Finance Laws Undermine Muslims’ Religious Freedom (6/16/2009)

U.N. Expert Calls On U.S. To Address Ongoing Issues of Racism (6/16/2009)

Federal Judge Reluctant to End Consent Decree; LAPD Reform Not Complete (6/15/2009)

Legendary Lawyer Leo Branton, Jr. Will Join Thomas Saenz and Other Top Attorneys Honored at ACLU/SC Law Luncheon (6/8/2009)

May 2009

LGBT Organizations Point Out that Lawsuits Could Set Back Progress on Marriage for Same-Sex Couples (5/27/2009)

Court Upholds Prop. 8; State Continues to Recognize 18,000 Marriages (5/26/2009)

New Evidence of Human Rights Abuses as Naji Hamdan Trial Looms (5/20/2009)

Case Dismissed Against 62 People in Orange County Gang Injunction Case (5/14/2009)

DA Must Investigate El Monte Police Incident (5/14/2009)

ACLU/SC Calls for Immediate Suspension of El Monte Police Officer and Full Investigation of Incident Caught on Tape (5/13/2009)

Judge Finds O.C. District Attorney Cast Too Wide a Net in Gang Injunction (5/7/2009)

April 2009

Iranian Refugees Continue Fight (4/30/2009)

School’s Homophobic Atmosphere Fostered Hate Protest, ACLU/SC Says (4/23/2009)

Federal Judge Orders FBI to Provide Full Muslim Surveillance Records (4/20/2009)

ACLU Releases Expert's Report on Nightmarish Conditions at Men's Central Jail, Urges Swift Action in Wake of Detainee's Death (4/14/2009)

Moreno Valley Police Sued for Unlawful Raids On African American Barbershops (4/8/2009)

Iowa Supreme Court Grants Same-Sex Couples Right To Marry (4/3/2009)

Immigration Officials Sued for Holding Detainees in Appalling Conditions at L.A. Detention Facility (4/2/2009)

March 2009

ACLU/SC Will Pay Close Attention to Independent Investigation In Pasadena Police Shooting (3/31/2009)

California Still the Highest Spender on the Death Penalty; New Mexico Abolishes (3/19/2009)

Appellate Court Upholds Berkeley Unified School District’s Voluntary Desegregation Plan (3/18/2009)

ACLU/SC Sues Orange County School Officials for Sanctioning Sexist and Homophobic Environment (3/18/2009)

ACLU/SC Troubled by the Orange County District Attorney’s Clearing of an Officer Who Fatally Shot an Innocent Resident (3/17/2009)

ACLU/SC Praises Study to Reduce Overcrowding in Los Angeles County Jails (3/16/2009)

ACLU/SC Sues Upscale Coastal Resort for Treating Disabled Homeless People as Outlaws (3/6/2009)

Attorneys Urge California Supreme Court To Invalidate Prop 8 (3/5/2009)

ACLU/SC Applauds Laguna Beach City Council’s Repeal of Anti-Sleeping Ordinance (3/4/2009)

February 2009

House Bill Adopts Humane and Enforceable Standards for Immigration Detention Facilities (2/26/2009)

ACLU Wins Release of Tortured Refugee (2/24/2009)

ACLU/SC Calls for Independent Investigation Into Fatal Shooting of Resident by Pasadena Police (2/23/2009)

Judge Dismisses Deportation Case After Finding That Agents Illegally Arrested and Interrogated Van Nuys Raid Workers (2/20/2009)

City of Ontario Agrees to Settlement with Its Police Officers over Illegal Videotaping of Men’s Locker Room (2/18/2009)

ACLU/SC and Big Bear School District Agree on Measures to Protect Students’ Right to Free Speech (2/9/2009)

California Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Prop 8 Legal Challenge on March 5, 2009 (2/3/2009)

New Web Campaign – Tell3 -- Urges People to Talk About What It Means to Be LGBT (2/3/2009)

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Changes Anti-Bias Training in Racial Profiling Settlement (2/2/2009)

January 2009

ACLU/SC Urges Orange County Sheriff to Limit Use of Potentially Lethal Tasers (1/28/2009)

Lawyers for Deported United States Citizen Call for Review of Immigration Procedures by Obama Administration (1/26/2009)

ACLU/SC Opposes Troubling Provisions of L.A. District Attorney’s Proposed Gang Injunction in South Los Angeles (1/14/2009)

LAPD Provides Disappointing Response to Racial Profiling Report (1/13/2009)

New Filing in Prop 8 Legal Challenge (1/5/2009)