Sentences with phrase «civil complaints against»

A group pushing to expand the statute of limitations for child abuse victims to file criminal and civil complaints against their abuses have begun robocalls trying to persuade Buffalo Sen. Chris Jacobs to embrace a measure it supports.

Voltage Pictures» civil complaint against 5,000 «John Does» for allegedly illegally downloading the film «The Hurt Locker.»

Federal prosecutors filed a civil complaint against J. Felix Strevell, an official in the administration of former Gov. George Pataki, and his daughter, Nicole Strevell - Childrose, saying her 2014 wedding in the town of Nassau was paid for with money that belongs to the state.

July 2002 — At a court hearing for the confinement of 48 cats in a trailer, Kittles filed a civil complaint against the shelter, accusing the staff of abusing the seized cats: amputating the legs of some of the cats, gouging out their eyes, and selling them for experimentation.

The result: the filing of a civil complaint against NetDevil and parent Gazillion with the US Federal Court.

The IFSA was acting on information obtained from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), after the SEC had issued a civil complaint against Millennium Bank, a number of affiliates and individual participants, including William J. Wise, Kristi Hoegel and Jackie Hoegel.

In a formal lawsuit, a Personal Injury case is typically initiated when a private individual (the «plaintiff») files a civil complaint against another person or legal entity (the «defendant»).

A formal lawsuit is when an individual, the person who was injured or â $ œthe plaintiffâ $, files a civil complaint against another person, business, corporation, or government agency; â $ œthe defendantâ $.

Not exact matches

While he defends himself against the civil complaint and a possible criminal investigation, Denenberg should recuse himself from official duties on the Nassau legislature.

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.

At 11 a.m., parents hold a press conference on a civil rights complaint against Buffalo school district, CAO Masten Resource Center, 1423 Fillmore Ave., Buffalo.

She added that video footage would be made available to the Civil Complaint Review Board (CCRB) to assist in cases of complaints against officers.

Last year, Alistair Carmichael, the then chief whip of the parliamentary party, investigated the alleged victim's complaint against Hancock and instigated formal disciplinary proceedings against him, which have been suspended pending the civil case.

Kiarre Harris, whose children were removed from her custody by a Family Court judge, has filed civil rights complaints with both the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education, alleging that both the school district and Erie County Child Protective Services discriminated against her because she is black.

A Michigan agency will for the first time process complaints of discrimination against LGBT people after a board said Monday that the state's civil rights law prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Federal civil - rights officials are weighing a complaint that the test all Texas students must pass to get a high school diploma unfairly discriminates against minority youths.

The study was required by the department's office for civil rights in return for dropping a complaint against the district's program for language - minority students.

Public Advocates joined the American Civil Liberties Union in filing a complaint last year against the Los Angeles Unified School District, accusing the giant district of «undermining» the LCFF by diverting $ 450 million in money for disadvantaged students in 2014 to cover special - education costs for students with disabilities.

For sure, the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights should respond to specific complaints of discrimination against students, including when it comes to discipline.

Now is an especially good time for this discussion since the Office for Civil Rights is concluding their resolution process for our December 2010 discrimination complaint against the CPS policy.

But my greater concern is with the complaints against charter schools raised by civil rights advocates.

PURE filed a complaint last December against CPS with the Office for Civil Rights of the US Department of Education over this policy.

This includes restoring rules allowing Office for Civil Rights investigators to look at years of past complaints against districts to determine patterns of discrimination, hiring more investigators to look into patterns of disparate impact, and even requiring states such as Maryland to implement stronger rules against overuse of harsh discipline.

We just sued — not sued — we brought a civil rights complaint against the Boston Public Schools just a few months ago, and had a civil rights finding against the Boston Public Schools.

The Trinity County Civil Grand Jury investigated complaints and handed down serious findings against White's office earlier this year.

The U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division is investigating a complaint against charter schools in Washington, DC.

• Filing a complaint against the school district with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights

• The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights has seen a surge in Title IX complaints against K - 12 schools for wrongdoing in sexual assault cases similar to those targeted at colleges and universities.

You have to be against closures now because you signed on to that AFT - backed civil rights complaint.)

Civil libertarians like Robert Shibley of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education argue that these «systemic» investigations improperly required colleges to revisit other complaints resolved long ago, potentially leading to colleges overturning not guilty verdicts against students accused of harassment or assault.

Shortly before this story broke a Lakewood resident who wishes to remain anonymous forwarded to me a civil rights complaint filed by Pastor Glenn Wilson of Lakewood on April 18th, 2016 against the Lakewood Board of Education.

Read PURE's 2010 Office for Civil Rights complaint against CPS's high - stakes testing and retention policy here.

Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigates «extraordinary circumstances» of a complaint alleging that Gloucester County VA Public Schools discriminated against a child on the basis of her disabilities, denied her a free and appropriate public education that addressed her needs, and failed to ensure a safe educational environment.

«This will help me become a better athlete conditioning - wise, because I have something to push for,» said Followay, who filed a complaint with the U.S. Office of Civil Rights in 2011 asking that he be allowed to run alongside, but not against, the able - bodied.

Our December 2010 complaint against the policy has been sitting at the U. S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, apparently just collecting dust, while CPS massages the same failed policy — a handful of changes were made at the May 2012 Board meeting, including dropping poor attendance as a factor and changing a couple of terms.

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.

In a memo leaked by ProPublica, Deputy Assistant Secretary Candice Jackson, who oversees the agency's Office for Civil Rights, told regional directors that it would no longer obtain three years of past complaints filed by against a district or charter when investigating a new complaint.

When the Journey 4 Justice Alliance (which is little more than a union - funded front group) filed a series of specious civil rights complaints against the school systems in Newark, Chicago, and New Orleans back in 2014, I wrote that the actions seemed to herald «a cynical shift in strategy by reform opponents» to paint charters in a racially - divisive light.

(a) Whenever the Attorney General receives a complaint in writing signed by an individual to the effect that he is being deprived of or threatened with the loss of his right to the equal protection of the laws, on account of his race, color, religion, or national origin, by being denied equal utilization of any public facility which is owned, operated, or managed by or on behalf of any State or subdivision thereof, other than a public school or public college as defined in section 401 of title IV hereof, and the Attorney General believes the complaint is meritorious and certifies that the signer or signers of such complaint are unable, in his judgment, to initiate and maintain appropriate legal proceedings for relief and that the institution of an action will materially further the orderly progress of desegregation in public facilities, the Attorney General is authorized to institute for or in the name of the United States a civil action in any appropriate district court of the United States against such parties and for such relief as may be appropriate, and such court shall have and shall exercise jurisdiction of proceedings instituted pursuant to this section.

(2) signed by an individual, or his parent, to the effect that he has been denied admission to or not permitted to continue in attendance at a public college by reason of race, color, religion, or national origin, and the Attorney General believes the complaint is meritorious and certifies that the signer or signers of such complaint are unable, in his judgment, to initiate and maintain appropriate legal proceedings for relief and that the institution of an action will materially further the orderly achievement of desegregation in public education, the Attorney General is authorized, after giving notice of such complaint to the appropriate school board or college authority and after certifying that he is satisfied that such board or authority has had a reasonable time to adjust the conditions alleged in such complaint, to institute for or in the name of the United States a civil action in any appropriate district court of the United States against such parties and for such relief as may be appropriate, and such court shall have and shall exercise jurisdiction of proceedings instituted pursuant to this section, provided that nothing herein shall empower any official or court of the United States to issue any order seeking to achieve a racial balance in any school by requiring the transportation of pupils or students from one school to another or one school district to another in order to achieve such racial balance, or otherwise enlarge the existing power of the court to insure compliance with constitutional standards.

(a) Whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person or group of persons is engaged in a pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of any of the rights secured by this title, and that the pattern or practice is of such a nature and is intended to deny the full exercise of the rights herein described, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in the appropriate district court of the United States by filing with it a complaint (1) signed by him (or in his absence the Acting Attorney General), (2) setting forth facts pertaining to such pattern or practice, and (3) requesting such preventive relief, including an application for a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order or other order against the person or persons responsible for such pattern or practice, as he deems necessary to insure the full enjoyment of the rights herein described.

(a) Whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person or group of persons is engaged in a pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of any of the rights secured by this title, and that the pattern or practice is of such a nature and is intended to deny the full exercise of the rights herein described, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in the appropriate district court of the United States by filing with it a complaint (1) signed by him (or in his absence the Acting Attorney General), (2) setting forth facts pertaining to such pattern or practice, and (3) requesting such relief, including an application for a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order or other order against the person or persons responsible for such pattern or practice, as he deems necessary to insure the full enjoyment of the rights herein described.

Letter of Finding by Cheryl L. Hershey, then ADA Group Leader, Office of Civil Rights, Federal Transit Administration, October 14, 2003, regarding FTA Complaint No. 99218 against Maryland Transit Administration, p. 3.

Each complaint asks the court to enter a permanent injunction barring the defendants from engaging in debt settlement in Illinois and order the defendants to pay restitution for aggrieved consumers, civil penalties of $ 50,000 for violating the Consumer Fraud Act, an additional $ 50,000 penalty for each violation committed with the intent to defraud, as well as a $ 10,000 penalty per violation committed against a person 65 years or older.

The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) and Common Cause filed an 18 - page supplemental complaint to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) calling for the termination of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)'s status as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization and requesting civil and criminal charges be brought against ALEC.

Prior to qualifying as a solicitor George gained 10 years legal experience dealing with police complaints, civil actions against the police and proceeds of crime (POCA).

In connection with the civil litigation, Larry successfully obtained the anti-SLAPP dismissal of a complaint against Ms. Perrett by the individual who had been criminally convicted of violating Ms. Perrett's restraining order against him.

On Sept. 1, 2009, the SEC filed a civil complaint in the Southern District of New York against Briner for the promotion.

We have assisted young female complaints report allegations of sexual assault and provided expert advice regarding potential civil recovery and criminal charges against the perpetrator.

The woman filed a complaint Nov. 16 in Pinellas County Circuit Court against Professional Media Group LLC, alleging that the employer violated the Florida Civil Rights Act.