Posted on June 15, 2008 by Tracey
Robin Tyler and Diane Olsen, who filed the first California lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, will be the first gay couple in Los Angeles to legally marry. County officials will grant the two women an early license this coming Monday evening in recognition of their historic role. Licenses will be granted to [...]
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Posted on May 31, 2008 by Tracey
Joi Hyatte spent 13 years as a paralegal at the Justice Department, Civil Rights Division. An African-American, Hyatte alleges she was repeatedly passed up for promotions in violation of regular procedure, denied cash bonuses, and given downgraded evaluations. DOJ has not yet responded. (Legal Times blog)
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Posted on March 18, 2008 by Tracey
Toni Locy, a former reporter for USA Today, has told a federal court that she will not reveal her confidential sources for a story on the 2001 anthrax attacks. The trial judge ordered Locy to pay daily sanctions of up to $5,000 out of her own pocket, despite the fact that she is still appealing [...]
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Posted on February 1, 2008 by Tracey
Flor Crisostomo believes she is taking a stand of civil disobedience against U.S. immigration policies. Crisostomo has ignored an order of deportation to Mexico and instead moved into an apartment above the same Chicago church that housed undocumented immigrant Elvira Arellano for a year before her deportation. (AP, Chicago Sun-Times)
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Posted on December 21, 2007 by Tracey
IN THE NEWS….Jamie Leigh Jones is suing her former employers Halliburton/KBR, alleging that she was gang-raped by fellow employees in Iraq, denied follow-up medical care, and that investigations into her claims have been repeatedly thwarted by the State and Justice Departments. At least three other women have come forward with stories similar to Jones’. The [...]
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Posted on December 13, 2007 by Tracey
IN THE NEWS….The ACLU joined Jameelah Medina’s lawsuit claiming that her freedom of religion was violated when she was forced to bare her head for hours at a county jail….( ACLU)
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Posted on November 16, 2007 by Tracey
FIRST-PERSON….What I find disturbing about equick pay is that the counties that have little or no money to administer these programs now have to send what surplus they did have (in the form of interest) to a private company that charges additional fees to obligees (service fees). All in all, it makes me sick.
This [...]
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Posted on November 12, 2007 by Tracey
IN THE NEWS….Sayda Umanzor was led from her home in shackles by immigration authorities while her 9-month old nursing daughter, a U.S. citizen, was left behind in tears. ( Cleveland Plain Dealer, New York Times) The entire family was later deported. The separation policy was allegedly changed, in most cases…. The New York [...]
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Posted on July 31, 2007 by Tracey
FIRST-PERSON….I litigated for 12 years. I was at the local level, doing day-in and day-out civil litigation, in court every day. I always felt bad for the non-lawyers in the courtroom, who had high expectations that the courtroom was the place to tell their story. If you’ve ever spent time in an actual [...]
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Posted on May 11, 2007 by Tracey
FIRST-PERSON….My ex-husband was 14 years older than me and very well established in the community here. He did quite well for himself. When I asked for a divorce, he didn’t want to give me one. He got angry. He was like, fine. Here’s the divorce papers. My choices were sign the paperwork or he would [...]
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