Civil Rights

“Hold him down!”

Litigating deaths caused by restraint and/or positional asphyxia while in law-enforcement custody

From Issue: 2024 June

Lessons from my father, and the path from PI law to criminal law to becoming a civil-rights lawyer

Post-arrest and pre-trial claims against individual government officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983

Overcoming (implicit) bias

Because it’s where we fight for our clients’ civil rights

From Issue: 2024 May

Immunities for police are eating away at our constitutional rights

Immigration status is irrelevant to the issue of liability for purpose of enforcing state employment and civil rights laws

From Issue: 2023 March

I get frustrated too

Federal interlocutory appeals of summary judgment brought based upon the qualified-immunity defense

From Issue: 2020 March

Vindicating the rights of those who die in police custody

From Issue: 2024 March

My civil rights hero

From Issue: 2024 June

California’s civil rights statutes, especially The Tom Bane Act, are an untapped resource that extends far beyond the usual police misconduct cases

From Issue: 2017 April