Orange County Superior Court judge has enjoined Riverside County, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, and Sheriff Chad Bianco, stopping them from jailing people arrested on lower-level charges before they have a court hearing simply because they cannot pay money bail.
Civil Rights Organizations and Leaders File Amicus Brief Defending Parents’ Right to Access the Safe Haven Law Without Liability
The lawsuit argues that Judge Walker and Sheriff Birkhead’s actions violate CRC’s First Amendment rights.
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.
California Superior Court overruled the County Defendants’ demurrer to the complaint
Civil Rights Organizations and Leaders File Amicus Brief Defending Parents’ Right to Access the Safe Haven Law Without Liability
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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
