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Brief of Amicus Curiae Seattle Chapter National Lawyers Guild
Keywords solitary confinement; human rights; prisoner's rights; dignity; serious harm; penological goals; international law; vulnerable population(2026)
Brief of Drug Policy Alliance as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords Vague laws; unlawful user; firearm possession; controlled substance; separation of powers; criminalization of drug use; marijuana; felony conviction(2026)
Brief of Amici Curiae Social Science Researchers in Opposition to Defendants-Appellants’ Petition for Rehearing En Banc, Community Legal Services
Keywords unaccompanied migrant children; direct representation; immigration proceedings; child vulnerability; trauma; legal representation; Office of Refugee Resettlement(2025)
Brief of Amici Curiae Dr. Jack L. Turban and Dr. Lisa R. Fortuna in Support of Respondents
Keywords conversion efforts; gender identity; sexual orientation; harm; children; therapy; LGBTQ+; mental health; suicide(2025)
Proposed Brief of Amici Curiae Drug Policy Alliance et al. in Support of Appellant’s Motion for Leave to Appeal to the Court of Appeals
Keywords Child neglect; substance use; pregnancy; family separation; maternal and fetal health; opioid use disorder; racial disparities; foster care(2025)
Brief of Amici Curiae New York Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union & Four Medical and Public Health Expertson Substance Use Disorder in Support of Respondent-Appellant Jorge C.
Keywords Parental rights; methadone; opioid use disorder; MOUD; Family Court; discrimination; Americans with Disabilities Act; substance use disorder; termination of parental rights(2025)
Brief of Safe Living Space and Dr. Edie Zusman, MD, FAANS, as Amici Curiae in Support of the Petitioner
Keywords Confrontation Clause; ongoing emergency; domestic violence; testimonial; 911 call; head injury; strangulation; out-of-court statements; Sixth Amendment(2024)
Brief of Center for Law, Brain and Behavior as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellees-Plaintiffs Joao Neves, Keith Nunes, Pablo Ortega, and Mario Monteiro
Keywords Mario's Law; parole statute; life-determinant sentences; neuroscientific evidence; Eighth Amendment; adolescent development; criminal justice system; juvenile offenders; brain development(2024)
Brief of Amici Curiae Scholars on the Neurological Effects of Pornography on Adolescents in Support of Respondent
Keywords Neuroplasticity; adolescent brain development; pornography addiction; childhood exposure; prefrontal cortex; youth vulnerability; public health issue; brain development harm; sexually explicit materials; compulsive pornography use(2024)
Motion of Forty Developmental Science Scholars and Nonprofits for Leave to File Amicus Brief in Support of Appellants; Brief of Amici Curiae
Keywords People v. Parks; Michigan Constitution; mandatory life without parole; mandatory LWOP; late adolescence; mitigating characteristics of youth; Miller v. Alabama; Roper v. Simmons; developmental neuroscience; Graham v. Florida; Montgomery v. Louisiana(2024)
Amicus Curiae Brief of the Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior in Support of Appellant Evan McCarrick Jerald
Keywords Adolescent development; Neuroscience; Adolescent decison-making; Impulsivity; Future discounting; Peer influence; Risky decision-making; Adolescent brain development; Brain development; Criminal behavior; Self-desistance; Maturation; Evidence-based treatment(2024)
Brief of Amici Curiae American Academy of Pediatric Neuropsychology, ACLU of New Jersey, Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior, Gault Center, Juvenile Law Center, Pacific Juvenile Defender Center, & Sentencing Project
(2024)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Drug Policy Alliance in Support of Petitioner
Keywords vague laws; unlawful user; cannabis; drug use criminalization; firearm possession(2024)
Brief of Bronx Defenders, Brooklyn Defender Services, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, NY County Defender Services, and Queens Defenders as Amici Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Contempt and Application for Appointment of a Receiver
Keywords excessive force; New York City jails; public defenders; constitutional rights; DOC custody; Rikers Island; legal services; violence; dysfunction; Consent Decree(2023)
Brief of Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island, Aaron Regunberg and Leonela Felix in Support of Affirmance
Keywords Qualified immunity; Eighth Amendment; cruel and unusual punishment; solitary confinement; mental illness; self-harm; prisoner rights; Rhode Island prison system(2023)