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  • Public Justice Files Motion to Protect Public Access to Information in Lawsuit Stemming from Mass Warrantless Detention in MN

    Media Contact: communications@publicjustice.net Public Justice is representing independent news publication Law Dork to ask the court to lift the access restriction on the electronic docket for U.H.A. v. Bondi, a civil lawsuit stemming from the mass warrantless detention of lawfully admitted refugees in Minnesota. Because the case was filed as an immigration-related habeas action, members…

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  • California Court of Appeals Allows Consumer Protection Claim Against Walmart to Move Forward

    On Feb. 4, the California Court of Appeals for the Fourth District sided with our client in Parsonage v. Walmart — a suit against Walmart alleging a violation of California Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act (ICRAA), which says that people can bring claims when an employer or consumer reporting agency misuses their personal information. The…

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  • Press and Advocacy Groups Demand Private Corrections Giant GEO Group to Unseal Court Records, Footage of Abuse in Notorious Adelanto Immigration Facility

    Feb. 3, 2026 Media Contacts: Nicole Funaro, Media Relations Strategist, Public Justice, nfunaro@publicjustice.net Tamara Marquez, Communications Director, ICIJ, tamara@ic4ij.org Ben Camacho, The Southlander, 562-287-4629, ben.camacho@thesouthlander.com Emily Elena Dugdale, Los Angeles Public Press, eedugdale@lapublicpress.org RIVERSIDE, CA — Public Justice has filed a motion to intervene and unseal crucial court records in Hugo Gonzalez, et al. v.…

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  • Court Orders Riverside County to End Unconstitutional Wealth-Based Detention for Individuals Arrested for Lower-Level Charges

    Media Contacts: Nicole Funaro | Public Justice | nfunaro@publicjustice.net Madhvi Venkatraman | Civil Rights Corps | media@civilrightscorps.org ORANGE COUNTY, CA — An 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…

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  • Bipartisan Former U.S. Officials and Legal Scholars Join Broad Coalition Supporting Youth Challenge to Trump’s Fossil Fuel Executive Orders

    Contacts:   Julia Olson, Chief Legal Counsel, 415.786.4825, julia@ourchildrenstrust.org Helen Britto, Communications Associate Director, 925.588.1171, helen@ourchildrenstrust.org Nicole Funaro, Media Relations Strategist, nfunaro@publicjustice.net MISSOULA, M.T. — Former senior U.S. government officials, legal scholars, climate scientists, faith leaders, children’s rights scholars, and environmental law experts have filed 8 amicus briefs supporting 22 young Americans challenging President Trump’s…

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  • AAJ, Public Justice Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Transportation Workers’ Access to Justice

    Contact: Meredith Rogers, 771-241-9680, Meredith.Rogers@justice.org Nicole Funaro, nfunaro@publicjustice.net In joint amicus brief, AAJ and Public Justice ask the Court to reject Flower Foods’ attempt to avoid accountability for wage and hour violations against its workers WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Association for Justice (AAJ) and Public Justice today filed a joint amici curiae brief with…

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  • Young Americans Take Trump’s Unconstitutional Fossil Fuel Executive Orders to the Ninth Circuit

    Contacts: Julia Olson, Chief Legal Counsel, 415.786.4825, julia@ourchildrenstrust.org Helen Britto, Communications Associate Director, 925.588.1171, helen@ourchildrenstrust.org Nicole Funaro, Media Relations Strategist, nfunaro@publicjustice.net MISSOULA, M.T. — Twenty-two young Americans are asking the Ninth Circuit to overturn a federal court ruling that blocked their constitutional right to life case, submitting their opening brief yesterday in Lighthiser v. Trump.…

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  • Iowa Supreme Court issues decision in low-income Iowans’ legal cost case

    Media Contacts:  Cindy Garcia, ACLU of Iowa Communications Manager, cindy.garcia@aclu-ia.org Nicole Funaro, Public Justice Media Relations Strategist, nfunaro@publicjustice.net Today the Iowa Supreme Court made a decision in the State of Iowa v. Ronald Pagliai (PAG-lee-eye). The lawsuit argued that Iowa courts may not bill low-income Iowans for the cost of their court-appointed defense attorney when…

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  • Statement on The Future of U.S. Department of Education Lawsuit to Restore Office for Civil Rights Staff

    Statement on the U.S. Department of Education lawsuit to restore Office for Civil Rights Staff: “Yesterday, we amended our lawsuit against the government’s efforts to dismantle the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights to bring the case as a class action. As part of our amended complaint, another family has also come forward to…

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