Update | Maryland’s Parent Trap: Baltimore Mother Punished After Using Safe Haven Law That Claimed to Protect Her
Civil Rights Organizations and Leaders File Amicus Brief Defending Parents’ Right to Access the Safe Haven Law Without Liability
Press Releases
Federal Judge Recommends that Civil Rights Corps’ Lawsuit Against Family Court Judge & Durham County Sheriff, for Repeatedly Kicking CRC Out of Court, Move Forward
The lawsuit argues that Judge Walker and Sheriff Birkhead’s actions violate CRC’s First Amendment rights.
Children Sue to Restore Contact Visits in the Adams County Jail, Asserting Their Right to Hug Their Parents
Children whose parents are jailed in Adams County have sued the County, the Sheriff, and telecommunications company HomeWAV, asking the Colorado state court to affirm their constitutional right to hug their parents.
Lawsuit Challenging Riverside County’s Bail Processes Moves Forward
California Superior Court overruled the County Defendants’ demurrer to the complaint
Maryland’s Parent Trap: Baltimore Mother Punished After Using Safe Haven Law Designed to Protect Her
Civil Rights Organizations and Leaders File Amicus Brief Defending Parents’ Right to Access the Safe Haven Law Without Liability
Texas Attorney General Seeks to Overturn Harris County Misdemeanor Bail Reforms and Return to Unconstitutional Practices
Houston, TX – In 2016, Maranda ODonnell filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of tens of thousands of impoverished individuals arrested for misdemeanors in Harris County, challenging the County’s practice of detaining people due solely to their inability to pay small amounts of cash to secure their release. That system destroyed people’s lives, causing them to lose jobs, homes, cars, and sometimes custody of their children, all simply because they were poor and could not pay a few hundred dollars to a for-profit bail company.
Faith Leaders, Detained People, and Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit in California Challenging Riverside County’s Bail Process
On May 26, 2025, individuals detained in Riverside County jails filed a class action lawsuit challenging Riverside County’s cash-based jailing of individuals between their arrest and first court hearing, as well as Riverside County’s unnecessary delay of that hearing.
Civil Rights Corps Files Federal Lawsuit Against Houston Police Department Officers, Alleging Brutal Attack on Disabled Black Man During Traffic Stop
The lawsuit alleges that officers brutally beat and repeatedly tased an unarmed, disabled Black man during a minor traffic stop. Houston, Texas – On January 29, 2025, Civil Rights Corps filed a lawsuit against 6 Houston Police Department (“HPD”) officers on behalf of Houston resident Terrence Holland. Mr. Holland has multiple physical, cognitive, and psychological […]
Civil Rights Corps argues for Fifth Circuit to uphold lower court decision that permits lawsuit accusing Houston Police department officers of “hogtying” and “racial profiling” to proceed
The lawsuit claims that officers used a deadly four-point restraint called “hogtying” after racially profiling a Hispanic man and arresting him without probable cause. New Orleans, Louisiana – On December 5, 2024, Civil Rights Corps (CRC) completed an oral argument at the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for a lawsuit on […]
Civil Rights Corps Sues Family Court Judge and Sheriff in Durham County, NC for Kicking CRC Out of Court, in Violation of the First Amendment
Durham, North Carolina – On November 13, 2024, Civil Rights Corps (CRC), represented by law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson, filed a lawsuit against Durham County District Court Judge Doretta Walker for her repeated and ongoing refusal to permit community members and the public, including CRC, to observe judicial proceedings relating to one of the […]
Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed Against DC Police for Constitutional Violations at Ceasefire Protest at the Democratic National Committee Office in DC.
Washington, DC – On August 16, 2024, Civil Rights Corps filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of nine plaintiffs to seek redress for violations of their constitutional rights during a demonstration last November in support of a ceasefire in Palestine. The complaint alleges that police officers from Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and the […]