Delaware Public Schools Litigation
Update 4/14/2021: Agreements reached on all tracks of the Public Schools Litigation!
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Rudenberg v. Delaware DOJ
In late 2015, we learned through our client Jonathan Rudenberg's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that the Delaware State Police had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to purchase devices that spy on cell phones. DSP didn't want to tell us about that technology. So we sued.
ACLU-DE Attorneys represent transgender prisoner on civil rights violations
November 21, 2016: Our suit against officials at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center for mistreatment of our client, a transgender prisoner there, is ongoing. Our initial motion for a preliminary injunction was denied.
ACLU of Delaware files amicus brief in support of prisoners held past their sentence terms
In 2012, several Delaware prisoners who had been held in prison beyond the end of their sentences filed a class action suit against senior Department of Correction officials to obtain compensation and a court order requiring DOC to fix its broken release system.
A Perfect Storm of Bad Policing
n September, we filed suit on behalf of a Delaware couple subjected to the unlawful and excessive use of force by the Delaware State Police as the result of a perfect storm of bad policing.
Standing for Homeless Students' Rights
We recently acted on behalf of three middle school students who are experiencing homelessness. The siblings were displaced from their home because their mother had to take medical leave from her job and was unable to afford housing.