- Justice System
NDRN Joins in Amicus in Support of a Petition for Cert in a Capital Punishment Case
August 21, 2019
NDRN joined an amicus by Disability Rights Florida and the Bazelon Center in support of a petition for certiorari before the U.S. Supreme Court in seeking habeas relief in a death penalty case.
Amicus Brief - Justice System
NDRN Joins Amicus in Solitary Confinement Case
July 19, 2019
NDRN joined an amicus authored by the firm Ropes and Gray pro bono supports a complaint filed by Disability Rights Montana, alleging that the Montana Dept. of Corrections violated the Eighth Amendment by providing inadequate mental health treatment, inappropriate discipline and placing prisoners with mental illness in solitary confinement.
Amicus Brief - Community Integration
NDRN Joins Amicus in Community Integration Case
July 5, 2019
NDRN and eight other national and local disability and civil rights groups filed an amicus brief supporting plaintiffs on the claim that the City must provide comprehensive transition services to facilitate moving people from institutions into community-based independent living arrangements.
Amicus Brief - Mental Health
Wisconsin Supreme Court Holds Involuntary Medication Law to Restore Competency Violates U.S. Constitution
June 13, 2019
NDRN, Disability Rights Wisconson, the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers joined in an amicus brief authored by Quarles & Bradley, LLP in Milwaukee.
Amicus Brief - ADA & Civil Rights
Fourth Circuit Reverses District Court, Remands for Trial Case ADA Food Allergy Accommodation Case
May 31, 2019
NDRN joined in an amicus brief written by the disAbility Law Center of Virginia (the Virginia P&A).
Amicus Brief