This friend-of-the-court brief argues that the Excessive Fines Clause in the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution categorically bars imposing fines on unhoused individuals for conduct that is...
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May 13, 2021
Abraham v. Corizon
Prisoners' Rights
Status: Victory!
The ACLU of Oregon joined partners Disability Rights Oregon and Lewis and Clark Law School’s Criminal Justice Reform Clinic in a friend-of-the-court brief to the Oregon Supreme Court...
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Sep 22, 2020
Wise v. Portland
Racial Justice
Status: Active
We represent volunteer street medics in a federal lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Marshals Service, and the City of Portland for targeting and attacking them at Portland protests...
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Aug 26, 2020
Black Millennial Movement et al v Trump
Free Speech
Status: Active
PORTLAND — Protesters who were abducted, beaten, and gassed by federal agents in Portland, Oregon, are suing President Trump, the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Marshals Service, DHS officials,...
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Aug 26, 2020
Pettibone et al v. Biden et al
Free Speech
In the summer of 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deployed more than a hundred federal law enforcement agents to Portland as part of “...
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Aug 5, 2020
ACLU of Oregon et al v. Portland
Free Speech
During the racial justice protests of 2020, which erupted in the wake of George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis Police, Portland Police Bureau (PPB) surveilled...