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Standing Rock Legal Team At Columbia Law School Challenges Delaying Trial For Qualified Immunity Appeal, Columbia Center For Contemporary Critical Thought
Standing Rock Legal Team At Columbia Law School Challenges Delaying Trial For Qualified Immunity Appeal, Columbia Center For Contemporary Critical Thought
Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought
New York, October 26, 2020 — Counsel for Standing Rock civil rights plaintiffs are challenging any additional trial delay, arguing that neither the doctrine of qualified immunity nor its underlying policy goals support staying discovery in Thunderhawk v. County of Morton, North Dakota. Trial has been set for August 16, 2021.
Federal Court Sets August Trial Date For Standing Rock Civil Rights Lawsuit, Columbia Center For Contemporary Critical Thought
Federal Court Sets August Trial Date For Standing Rock Civil Rights Lawsuit, Columbia Center For Contemporary Critical Thought
Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought
New York, September 25, 2020 — Judge Daniel M. Traynor (U.S. District Court for North Dakota) has set aside two weeks for trial starting August 16, 2021 for Thunderhawk v. County of Morton, a federal civil rights lawsuit challenging the five-month discriminatory closure of Highway 1806 at the height of the NoDAPL movement at Standing Rock. The trial was set at a recent status conference before Magistrate Judge Charles S. Miller (U.S. District Court for North Dakota), at which swift discovery deadlines were also imposed.
Federal Court Allows Civil Rights Lawsuit Challenging Violations At Standing Rock, Columbia Center For Contemporary Critical Thought
Federal Court Allows Civil Rights Lawsuit Challenging Violations At Standing Rock, Columbia Center For Contemporary Critical Thought
Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought
New York, September 3, 2020 — In a significant victory for critics of governmental overreach, Judge Daniel M. Traynor (U.S. District Court for North Dakota) denied motions to dismiss filed by state and county law enforcement defendants and the private security firm, TigerSwan LLC. As a result, the Thunderhawk v. County of Morton civil rights lawsuit, brought by plaintiffs Cissy Thunderhawk, Wašté Win Young, the Reverend John Floberg, and José Zhagñay against North Dakota government officials and TigerSwan, will move forward on the claim that the plaintiffs and the class were denied their constitutional rights to Free Speech.