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Along with our advocacy, legislative, and public education work, litigation remains one of the fundamental tools with which the ACLU of New Hampshire fights for equality and civil rights throughout the Granite State. See below for more information on the cases we've brought to the courts.
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Dec 2, 2022
Spofford v. New Hampshire Public Radio et al.
Status: Pending
On December 2, 2022, the ACLU of New Hampshire -- along with the New England First Amendment Coalition, Union Leader Corporation, and the Caledonian Record Publication Co., Inc. --...
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Nov 8, 2022
Bazile v. Garland/Fonjia v. Garland
These cases involve how the First Circuit should determine whether an immigration petition for review was properly filed at the First Circuit. Since the Fourth Circuit’s...
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Oct 19, 2022
Richards v. Azzi and Union Leader Corporation
Status: Pending
On October 19, 2022, the ACLU-NH, New England First Amendment Coalition, and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders...
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Oct 5, 2022
John Does v. Manchester Police Department; BLM-Manchester and ACLU-NH v. Manchester Police Department
Status: Pending
Filed on October 5, 2022, this case concerns the Manchester Police Department’s investigation into Officer Christian Horn’s sustained misconduct where he, while on duty in February 2021,...
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Sep 1, 2022
Hernandez Parada v. Garland
Status: Pending
This case involves how immigration agencies should assess whether an asylum seeker’s past harm arises to the level of persecution as a matter of law. The ACLU-NH filed an...
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Jun 23, 2022
Ixcuna v. Garland
Status: Pending
The First Circuit Court has routinely vacated decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) because the BIA failed to apply the required clear error standard of...