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NDRN Joins Amicus in Court Access Case
October 20, 2017
NDRN in an amicus drafted by the firm of Godfrey & Kahn pro bono in arguing that the standard for effective assistance of counsel should be different than Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984) for a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel in a civil commitment hearing.
Amicus Brief - Justice System
NDRN Joins Amicus in Transportation Case
August 9, 2017
NDRN joined the Impact Fund and ten other disability and civil rights organizations in an amicus arguing that plaintiffs showed that a class action was appropriate and the plaintiffs met the commonality requirement even in the absence of an explicit system-wide policy governing hotel transportation services.
Amicus Brief - Justice System
NDRN Urges U.S. Civil Rights Commission to Remove Barriers Experienced by Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
July 19, 2017
The National Disability Rights Network joined with 16 other civil rights organizations to advocate for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals, including individuals with disabilities.
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Disability Advocates Oppose Attorney General Sessions’ Mandatory Minimums Directive
May 16, 2017
WASHINGTON – NDRN Executive Director Curtis Decker made the following statement in response to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ directive to federal prosecutors to charge nonviolent, low-level drug offenders with long, mandatory-minimum sentences
Press Release - Justice System
NDRN Joins Amicus in Parole Case
January 3, 2017
NDRN joined the ACLU of Massachusetts and others in an amicus brief in the Supreme Judicial Court, the state’s highest court, arguing that ADA applies to the activities of a state parole board.
Amicus Brief
