Access to Justice

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Latest News in Access to Justice

  • June 04, 2026

    4th Circ. Revives Inmate Suit, Citing Deleted Prison Video

    An inmate whose prison disciplinary conviction for indecent exposure led to his transfer to a maximum security facility should not have lost his case without having his sanctions request over destroyed video evidence reviewed, a Fourth Circuit panel said Thursday, vacating and remanding a lower court's decision.

  • June 04, 2026

    NC Justices Launch Commission To Tackle Legal Deserts

    Forty-eight of North Carolina's 100 counties are classified as legal deserts, and a commission established by the state's supreme court will aim to address this dearth of attorneys at a meeting Friday, the North Carolina Judicial Branch said.

  • June 03, 2026

    NC Man Gets OK For $10M Wrongful Murder Conviction Deal

    A North Carolina federal judge has approved a $10 million compromise settlement that ends a North Carolina man's civil rights lawsuit alleging he was coerced as a teen into falsely confessing to the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl.

  • June 01, 2026

    Justices To Probe Habeas Route In Latest First Step Act Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to resolve a circuit split over whether prisoners may seek early release under the First Step Act through habeas petitions, taking up the appeal of a former Texas lawyer who was convicted in a Mafia takeover scheme of a mortgage loan company.

  • May 29, 2026

    Feds Say New Yorkers Lack Standing In ICE Arrest Suit

    The Trump administration urged a New York federal court to dismiss a proposed class action accusing it of making unlawful warrantless immigration arrests, arguing Friday the plaintiffs lack standing because they haven't been detained again, nor shown they will be.

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