Sentences with phrase «file federal civil rights»

Northwest Justice Project has indicated that it will file a federal civil rights complaint if the school board fails to correct the situation.

42 U.S.C. Section 1983 allows United States citizens to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against police officers who violate the Fourth Amendment's protection against the use of excessive force.

In April, after several press conferences to criticize the city's approach to school safety, FES joined with 11 students and their parents to file a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging the city had been negligent in keeping schools safe, alleging that black and Latino students were harmed in particular.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced last March that there was «insufficient evidence» to file federal civil rights charges against Haste.

Case in point: a petition on the NAACP site urging the U.S. Justice Department to file federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman attracted so much attention that their servers couldn't handle it:

Case in point: a petition on the NAACP site urging the U.S. Justice Department to file federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman attracted so much attention that their servers...

Fast - Food Workers File Federal Civil Rights Suit Against City of Memphis Over Illegal Surveillance, Intimidation, Harassment Common Dreams March 1, 2017

On Wed., Jan. 20th, parents of 13 students, along with Public Advocate Letitia «Tish» James, City Council Education Committee Chairperson Daniel Dromm and five legal assistance nonprofits, filed a federal civil rights complaint against Success Academy for systemic practices that violate the rights of children with disabilities.

Newark closed a half - dozen schools last year Anderson's first and activists filed a federal civil rights complaint that the closures were destabilizing neighborhoods and targeting minority and especially low - income populations.

More recently, the advocacy group Parents United for Responsible Education put the issue on the front burner when it filed a federal civil rights complaint against the district's retention policy because of its disparate racial impact.

A few months later, on Feb. 8, 2007, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Pittsburgh and Sgt. Elledge on Hackbart's behalf.

Berry and the ACLU filed a federal civil rights action in U.S. District Court.

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The suits by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Human Rights Campaign, filed in federal courts in Baltimore and Seattle, claim Trump's plan violates the Equal Protection clause of the Constitution.

April 6 (Reuters)- A civil rights group and some consumer groups said on Friday they would file a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that Facebook Inc's use of facial recognition techniques threaten users» privacy.

New York (CNN)- Civil rights lawyers filed papers in federal court Monday seeking to prohibit the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslim communities when there is no evidence that they are linked to terrorism or other illegal activities.

CNN: Lawyers seek to limit New York police surveillance of Muslims Civil rights lawyers filed papers in federal court Monday seeking to prohibit the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslim communities when there is no evidence that they are linked to terrorism or other illegal activities.

To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250 - 9410 or call [phone] (Toll - free Customer Service), [phone] (Local or Federal relay), [phone] (Relay voice users).

A federal civil rights suit filed against Bradley and Glen Ellyn on behalf of Uwumarogie's family, however, alleges the shooting was unjustified and racially...

A federal civil rights suit filed against Bradley and Glen Ellyn on behalf of Uwumarogie's family, however, alleges the shooting was unjustified and racially motivated.

The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit charging that North Carolina's bathroom law violates federal civil - rights law — a move that came hours after the state's officials filed their own suit saying the department was trying to rewrite national law by attacking them.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, in a federal district court in Washington, D.C., the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a brief requesting that a federal judge not dismiss a case of litigation against senior CIA and military officials for the 2011 targeted killing of Anwar al - Awlaki (a suspected al - Qaeda leader) and his 16 - year - old son, both U.S. citizens.

The U.S. Justice Department has filed court papers in a New York case arguing that a major federal civil rights law does not protect employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation, taking a stand against a decision reached under President Barack Obama.

The lawsuit was originally filed in State Supreme Court in Saratoga County but moved to a federal venue as it involved civil rights and the federal Disabilities Act.

➢ It intrudes on mental health privacy, according to the NYCLU; and it is not compliant with federal HIPAA laws (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996), according to the New York State Psychiatric Association, which filed a complaint with the Office of Civil Rights.

The sore loser — who finished a distant fourth in the September Democratic mayoral primary after eeking out a mere 7 percent of the vote — and his campaign committee filed the Manhattan federal court suit claiming his civil rights were violated a month earlier when the Board withheld the funds.

THE BRONX — The New York Botanical Garden discriminated against minority students and made a «lowball» offer to avoid hiring an observant Jew, according a civil rights lawsuit filed in Manhattan Federal Court on Wednesday.

Similar accusations have been leveled by the parents of 13 current or former special - needs students who on Jan. 20 filed a formal civil rights complaint with the federal Department of Education.

The family of a 12 - year - old Muslim middle school student has filed a $ 25 million federal lawsuit against the East Islip school district, claiming the seventh - grader's civil rights were violated when school officials forced him to sign a false confession saying he was a terrorist.

Two former residents of the Syosset Mobile Home Park are seeking $ 14 million in damages from Nassau County, the county sheriff's department and Nassau police for alleged wrongful eviction and deprivation of civil rights, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.

The settlement resolves a wrongful - death lawsuit filed against the county in 2014 and a federal civil rights suit filed last year against Nassau.

Pantaleo is also still modified as a federal grand jury continues to mull whether to file civil rights charges against him.

Despite a federal court order that aimed to better integrate the Buffalo Public Schools, the city schools are now more segregated than they were when the original civil rights lawsuit was filed in the 1970s.

CANTON, N.Y. — Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick is among more than 40 public officials and agencies named in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a former Clarkson University soccer coach acquitted of murder charges.

Federal prosecutors said last year that there was insufficient evidence to file civil rights charges against Haste.

A federal appeals court in San Francisco Tuesday cleared the way for a trial on two civil rights lawsuits filed against former BART police... Read More

A federal appeals court in San Francisco Tuesday cleared the way for a trial on two civil rights lawsuits filed against former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle and other officers by the father of Oscar Grant III and five of Grant's friends.

Civil rights groups immediately filed a class action in federal court seeking to block implementation of Proposition 227, also known as the «English for the Children» initiative.

The National Women's Law Center has filed complaints with the Department of Education's office for civil rights alleging that the schools are violating Title IX, the 1972 law that bars sex discrimination at educational institutions receiving federal funds.

A group of primarily white Illinois school districts violated federal and state civil rights laws when they chose to leave an athletic conference that included schools with predominantly minority student enrollments, a lawsuit filed in federal court argues.

When state officials moved forward anyway, Barnes says she filed a complaint this month with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, asking federal education officials to bar North Carolina's reforms.

(Calif.) This week the state board of education will go into closed session to consider a federal civil rights suit filed by followers of Hinduism who claim new history and social science content standards are discriminatory.

Leaders of the Committee for a Fair Licensing Procedure in New York City have filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charging that the demotion of many minority teachers for failure to pass the Educational Testing Service's NTE (formerly the National Teachers Exam) violates federal civil rights laws.

According to another article published by Kate Taylor in the New York Times, «the complaint,» which was filed with the federal Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, «described how students with disabilities were repeatedly suspended or made to repeat grades and how administrators in several cases urged parents to remove their students from the school» (Taylor 2016).

You can file a complaint with the Office of Civil Rights of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) in Washington, D.C., by:

Certain New York City police officers filed seven civil rights and federal RICO lawsuits against a treatment center in upstate Pennsylvania.

The blogger — an ex-Web producer for the HMO — apparently is positioning herself as a whistleblower, someone who filed a complaint with the federal Office of Civil Rights about a security breach she found on the Kaiser Web site.

At the Federal Highway Administration, Tom led a national team of more than 50 lawyers providing legal and policy counsel to the agency's leadership on a wide range of regulatory and policy issues affecting transportation infrastructure, including environmental review and permitting for transportation projects; compliance with Buy America requirements; investigation of civil rights complaints filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act; implementation of federal grant, loan, and loan guarantee programs for transportation projects; and development of major rulemakings and guidance documents implementing recent federal transportation legisFederal Highway Administration, Tom led a national team of more than 50 lawyers providing legal and policy counsel to the agency's leadership on a wide range of regulatory and policy issues affecting transportation infrastructure, including environmental review and permitting for transportation projects; compliance with Buy America requirements; investigation of civil rights complaints filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act; implementation of federal grant, loan, and loan guarantee programs for transportation projects; and development of major rulemakings and guidance documents implementing recent federal transportation legislacivil rights complaints filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act; implementation of federal grant, loan, and loan guarantee programs for transportation projects; and development of major rulemakings and guidance documents implementing recent federal transportation legislrights complaints filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act; implementation of federal grant, loan, and loan guarantee programs for transportation projects; and development of major rulemakings and guidance documents implementing recent federal transportation legislaCivil Rights Act; implementation of federal grant, loan, and loan guarantee programs for transportation projects; and development of major rulemakings and guidance documents implementing recent federal transportation legislRights Act; implementation of federal grant, loan, and loan guarantee programs for transportation projects; and development of major rulemakings and guidance documents implementing recent federal transportation legisfederal grant, loan, and loan guarantee programs for transportation projects; and development of major rulemakings and guidance documents implementing recent federal transportation legisfederal transportation legislation.

A federal civil rights law, 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, allows United States citizens to file a lawsuit against police officers who violate the Fourth Amendment's protection against the use of excessive force.

To file an employment discrimination lawsuit alleging a violation of New Hampshire's Law Against Discrimination and the federal Civil Rights Act a worker must first go through certain procedural requirements such as filing a Charge of Discrimination with the appropriate agency.

In order to file an employment discrimination lawsuit alleging a violation of New Hampshire's Law Against Discrimination or the federal Civil Rights Act, a worker must first complete certain procedural requirements.