The ACLU of Virginia joined a federal class action lawsuit as co-counsel with Charlottesville attorney Elliott Harding on behalf of 27 people who are incarcerated in Virginia prisons. The lawsuit was filed...
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Apr 17, 2020
League of Women Voters of Virginia v. Virginia State Board of Elections
Voting Rights
Status: Filed
In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Virginia filed a federal lawsuit challenging Virginia...
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Jan 28, 2020
Carline v. Garden Creations
Status: Closed
UPDATE: Garden Creations and Katherine Carline, represented by the ACLU of Virginia and Paul Falabella of Butler Royals, PLC, have entered into a mutually agreeable settlement of a...
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Dec 10, 2019
Devin Nunes v. Twitter, Inc. et al (Amicus)
First Amendment Rights
Status: Filed
The American Civil Liberties Union, Public Citizen, and ACLU of Virginia filed an amicus brief urging a state circuit court to keep anonymous the identity of “Devin Nunes’ cow,” a Twitter parody account....
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Oct 2, 2019
Shiyanbade, Brooks, and Lanham v. Executive Health Group, PC, and Dr. J. Rand Baggesen
Status: Closed
UPDATE: This case was dismissed on June 19, 2020.
The ACLU of Virginia has filed an employment discrimination lawsuit under the Virginia Human Rights Act on behalf of two...
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Aug 28, 2019
Randall Mathena v. Lee Boyd Malvo (Amicus)
Criminal Legal Reform
Status: Filed
Lee Boyd Malvo was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for his role in the 2002 sniper shootings in Washington D.C., Virginia, and Maryland, which occurred when he was seventeen years old....