One of the main ways ACLU-DC works to protect civil liberties and civil rights is through litigation. This section of our website documents the cases we’re working on now and those we’ve handled in recent years. Click here for general information about what types of cases we litigate.
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In September 2010, a WMATA police officer demanded that Mr. Carlos Cárdenas get moving and pushed his bike down the escalator. After Mr. Cárdenas asked the officer why he pushed the bike, the officer called...
In February 2013 we filed suit on behalf of William Pierce, who is profoundly deaf but received virtually no accommodation for his disability while he was an inmate at the D.C. Correctional Treatment...
Firefighter Pollard is Muslim, and he follows the Islamic teaching that one’s pants must be worn above the ankles. In 2012 the D.C. Fire Department denied an exception to its dress code, but after ACLU...
We filed an amicus brief in January 2013, together with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Federal Defenders, in this D.C. Circuit appeal of three criminal...
