Cases
All of our briefs are linked on their respective case pages. If they are helpful to you as an attorney or pro se litigator, please feel welcome to use them.
Snowden v. Henning
Seventh Circuit case on behalf of a man who had a DEA agent tackle and punch him in the face during a routine arrest, fracturing his eye socket
Tate v. Harmon
Together with MacArthur Justice Center, RBB has filed an amicus brief in a Fourth Circuit case challenging the dismissal of a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment claims against federal prison staff.
Mammana v. Barben
Rights Behind Bars, along with Covington & Burling, represent a plaintiff on appeal who was forced to endure torture at the hands of prison staff in retaliation for requesting medical care.
Callahan v. Federal Bureau of Prisons
Rights Behind Bars represents Scott Callahan, a man in a federal prison in Ohio whose artwork was censored in violation of his First Amendment rights.
Hoffman v. Preston
Partnering with the law firm Covington and Burling, Rights Behind Bars represents Marcellas Hoffman, who was incarcerated in a California prison when a correctional officer offered to pay other incarcerated people to assault him and spread rumors he hoped would lead to an attack on Hoffman.