Legal Cases

Along with our advocacy, legislative, and public education work, litigation remains one of the fundamental tools with which the ACLU of New Hampshire fights for equality and civil rights throughout the Granite State. See below for more information on the cases we've brought to the courts.

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Dec 2, 2022

Spofford v. New Hampshire Public Radio et al.

Status: Pending

On December 2, 2022, the ACLU of New Hampshire -- along with the New England First Amendment Coalition, Union Leader Corporation, and the Caledonian Record Publication Co., Inc. --...

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Nov 8, 2022

Bazile v. Garland/Fonjia v. Garland

These cases involve how the First Circuit should determine whether an immigration petition for review was properly filed at the First Circuit. Since the Fourth Circuit’s...

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Oct 19, 2022

Richards v. Azzi and Union Leader Corporation

Status: Pending

On October 19, 2022, the ACLU-NH, New England First Amendment Coalition, and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders...

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Oct 5, 2022

John Does v. Manchester Police Department; BLM-Manchester and ACLU-NH v. Manchester Police Department

Status: Pending

Filed on October 5, 2022, this case concerns the Manchester Police Department’s investigation into Officer Christian Horn’s sustained misconduct where he, while on duty in February 2021,...

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Sep 1, 2022

Hernandez Parada v. Garland

Status: Pending

This case involves how immigration agencies should assess whether an asylum seeker’s past harm arises to the level of persecution as a matter of law. The ACLU-NH filed an...

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Jun 23, 2022

Ixcuna v. Garland

Status: Pending

The First Circuit Court has routinely vacated decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) because the BIA failed to apply the required clear error standard of...

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