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Expose and Expunge
A campaign to identify and expunge the data collected by
the Bush administration’s illegal domestic spying operations
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City Paper's Best of DC cover 2010

Partnership for Civil Justice
named "Best Lawyers" by
the Washington City Paper
April 15, 2000
Mass Arrest Settlement

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September 27, 2002 Pershing Park Mass Arrest Settlement

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Pershing Park Notice to Class Members
Pershing Park Proof of Claim Form

FOIA filed on muzzling of media in BP oil disaster

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FOIA lawsuit demanding disclosure of U.S. covert propaganda contracts

Plaintiff’s reply in support of its cross motion for summary judgment

National Committee to Free the Cuban Five v. Broadcasting Board of Governors - Click here to read the Complaint

Take Action: Write to Attorney General Eric Holder to demand justice for the Cuban Five!

 

PCJF forces D.C. Police to disclose General and Special Orders

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Click here to access the General and
Special orders and related documents

 

The killing of D.C. resident Trey Joyner

PCJF FOIA to the FBI requesting information on the killing of Trey Joyner by undercover U.S. Park police officers working under the Operation Safe Streets Program

PCJF Files FOIA Request After Police Killing in Trinidad

 

Pershing Park 2002 Mass Arrest Lawsuit

Chief Ramsey's sworn statements contradicted by officer at the scene of the Pershing Park arrests

Click here to view excerpt of Chief Ramsey's deposition, newly released affidavit of MPD Det. Hustler, and Notice filed with the Court

Click here to read the transcript of the hearing before Judge Sullivan on 7/29/09

Click here to read the plaintiffs' Motion for Sanctions against DC detailing destruction of key evidence

 

PCJF Landmark Victory: D.C. Checkpoints Ruled Unconstitutional!
En banc re-hearing denied!

Press release: En banc re-hearing denied in checkpoint case

U.S. Court of Appeals denies en banc
re-hearing in D.C. checkpoint case

Click this link to read the Appellate Court Ruling

 

PCJF files Freedom of Information Act Demand About Imprisonment, Interrogation, and Sudden Death of Bush's 'Smoking Gun' Witness

Detainee's statements derived under torture by the Bush administration were used to sell the Iraq invasion to U.S. Senate and United Nations

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Jumplinks to Cases

s27 image  Sept. 2002 Pershing Park Mass False Arrests
Class Action
a15 image   April 2000 IMF/WB Mass False Arrests, Convergence Center Closure, and Beatings 
Class Action
frucht image  Police Riot at April, 2003 Protest
  DC checkpoints

Stop the Unconstitutional D.C. Checkpoints
PCJ Files Lawsuit to Enjoin Illegal Program

Bolger anarchist t-shirt  Arrested for Protesting in Black
Political Profiling by Police Challenged
The "Stirfry" Case
  Battle for Central Park

Fight for the Great Lawn of Central Park
Settlement strikes down regulations banning protest 

 J2005 image 2005 Inaugural Protests
The Privatization of
Pennsylvania Avenue

National Mall

Free Speech Battle Over Use of National Mall
Groups appeal restrictions proposed by National Park Service

J20 image  2001 Inaugural Protests
Illegal Domestic Spying Operation Exposed
Killmon image  2003 Miami FTAA Protests
Class Action
Phila City Hall  PCJ Brings Down Philadelphia's Unconstitutional Protest Permit System
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Voices in the Wilderness
Defending Against Government Prosecution for Delivering Medicine to Iraq

 

 
PCJ In the Press

Washington Post: D.C. to drop controversial checkpoints

Legal Times: D.C. to Settle Controversial Neighborhood Checkpoint Suit

Washington Post: D.C. agrees to $13.7 million settlement in 2000 mass arrest

DC Prosecutor Farms out Investigation of Police shooting of Trey Joyner

Washington Post: D.C. lawyers demonstrate power of tenacity

National Law Journal: Phone-card case tests D.C. consumer law

Wash Post: D.C. to pay $8.25 million to settle suit over '02 mass arrests

Washington City Paper: Pershing Park Plaintiffs Speak Out On Settlement

Legal Times: D.C. Agrees to Pershing Park Settlement of $8.25 Million

Washington City Paper: District Settles Pershing Park Case

New York Times: Inquiry Raises More Questions in Case of Arrests After '02 Protest in Capital

AP: DC agrees to pay $13M over arrests of protesters

Legal Times: City to Settle Mass Arrest Class Action for $13.7 Million

Washington Post: Ex-D.C. chief's statement on mass arrest disputed

Associated Press: Detective says chief ordered mass arrests

 

Headlines & Updates

U.S. Federal Judge Lauds "Historic" Settlement

September 2002 Mass Arrest Claims Deadline Nears

Carl Messineo on the Open Government Act of 2010

Notice to Class, Proof of Claim Form for Pershing Park Settlement

Deadline nears to claim millions of dollars in mass arrest case

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Now with Bill Moyers

Unconstitutional the Movie 

NLG Report on Suppression of Speech
PCJ's Work is Highlighted in "The Assault on Free Speech, Public Assembly, and Dissent: A National Lawyers Guild Report on Violations of First Amendment Rights in the United States"