In a December 14 LA Times op ed, Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai attorney Theresa Zhen and ACLU National Prison Project attorney Eric Balaban assert that reducing the jail population is a “matter of life or death for thousands” and urge Gascón to take action. Zhen...
Five Pregnant Women Contract COVID-19 in LA County Jail
The rising rate of pregnant prisoners with COVID-19 in the Los Angeles County jail system reflects the grim COVID-jail statistics overall and highlights the grave risk of overcrowded jail systems in this time of COVID surges in California. As of now, more than 3500...
HSR and ACLU Obtain Settlement on Behalf of Muslim Women Ejected From Urth Caffe
ACLU of Southern California Group of Women Ejected from Urth Caffe Obtain Settlement Restaurant Chain Agrees to Update Its Policies and Hold Staff Trainings LOS ANGELES - Seven Muslim women ejected from an Urth Caffe restaurant by its management have obtained a...
HSR Obtains Court Orders Forcing Chiefs of Police to Testify Regarding Police Shootings
When the Chiefs of the Long Beach and Stockton Police Departments refused to testify about shootings by their officers in three cases in which HSR represents the victims of the shooting, HSR obtained court orders requiring the Chiefs to submit to depositions about the...
LA Community Action Network files suit against LAPD and Central City East Association for civil rights violations and malicious prosecution
HSRR, along with co-counsel Legal Aid of LA and the Law Office of John L. Ralphing, has filed suit on behalf of the LA Community Action Network (LA CAN) and Deborah Burton, the staff organizer. The suit alleges that the defendants repeatedly harassed and violated LA...
Data fears raised by Hadsell Stormer’s lawsuit on behalf of JPL scientists–come true
In 2010, HSRR's Dan Stormer argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that NASA's background checks of scientists (employees of government contractors) were unnecessarily invasive and violated their privacy rights. The scientists who filed suit against...
In Disappointing Ruling, Judge Holds the FBI Cannot Be Sued
Attorneys from Hadsell Stormer Richardson & Renick, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and the Council on American Islamic Relations responded to a ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Cormac Carney granting a Department of Justice request to...
