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Amicus in Guimaraes v. Brann (Tex. May 8, 2019)
NIWAP, represented by KL Gates, served as lead amicus on a brief before the Texas Supreme Court. The amicus curiae brief was filed on behalf of a woman who fighting for complete custody and the ability to keep her child in Brazil away from the child’s father, who had abused the mother. The mother won…
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Amicus in Harrison v. Harrison (Ky. Feb. 11, 2002)
Amicus Brief explaining misuse of protection orders to penalize victims and discourage them from seeking legal relief, “mutual” protection orders as contrary to public policy, and the safety of DV victims as directly related to batterer responsibility enforced in the legal system (KY Cir. Feb. 11, 2002).
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Amicus Brief in Hoffman Plastic Compound Inc v. NLRB (D.D.C. Dec. 10 2001)
Amicus brief supporting the importance of back pay remedies when labor laws are violated, providing relief for undocumented workers and a disincentive for employers to mistreat those vulnerable workers (Dec. 10 2001).
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Amicus Brief in Kewan (9th Cir. Aug. 8, 2005)
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project amicus brief discussing research data and the dynamics of domestic violence against male victims and VAWA’s gender neutrality offering protection to both male and female victims (9th Cir. Aug. 8, 2005).
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Amicus Brief In Re Adoption of C.M.B.R. vs. E.M.B.R. (Mo. Jan. 11, 2010)
Amicus brief in support of reversing a court decision to terminate the parental rights of an immigrant mother Encarnacion Bail and finalize the adoption of her children as a result of Encarnacion’s immigration detention. Encarnacion Bail had been subject to an immigration raid at her workplace and was coerced into taking a plea to aggravated…
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Amicus Brief in S.H.R. v. Rivas (Cal. Mar. 21, 2022)
The Court of Appeals wrongly denied an SIJS eligible child SIJS predicate findings. The California Supreme Court published its opinion on In re Guardianship of Saul H in which that Court overturned a state court that refused to issue a predicate order to an immigrant child who suffered abuse and neglect perpetrated by his parents.…
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Amicus Brief in the Matter of Aruna Vallabhaneni
NOW Legal Defense Fund and others filed this amicus in support of the appeal by Aruna C. Vallabhaneni of the decision of the Immigration Judge denying her application for political asylum despite an undisputed record of years of severe domestic violence and her inability to obtain protection from the government of India. The record before…
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Amicus Brief on Recent Research Concerning the Neurobiological, Cognitive, and Psychological Development of Children and Adolescents (BIA Sept. 1, 2016)
Amicus Brief to the Board of Immigration Appeals Invitation NO. 16-06-09 developed by Crowell and Moring LLP on behalf of National Women’s Advocacy Project (“NIWAP Inc.”), the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (“LIRS”), Dr. Giselle Hass, Tahirih Justice Center (“TJC”), National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health (“NCDVTMH”). This Amicus brief was submitted…
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Amicus Brief Requesting Writ of Certiorari in Boulais and Nguyen v. INS (2000)
Petitioners make an equal protection clause challenge to a federal immigration law that treats foreign born out-of-wedlock children of citizen mothers differently from similarly situated children of citizen fathers for purposes of obtaining citizenship (2000).
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Amicus in Agriprocessors Postville, Iowa (8th Cir. Dec. 2008)
Amicus brief filed for the reversal of the decision by the Eighth Circuit in the case of ICE’s workplace raid at the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa. ICE demonstrated the practical effects of failing to require knowledge of the defining element of 18 US.C. § 1028A—whether the identification at issue is “of another person.”…
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