June 25, 2026
A panel of the Eighth Circuit has upheld a decision to dismiss a challenge by an environmentalist who was severely injured by North Dakota law enforcement during a protest over the Dakota Access pipeline, finding the officers are entitled to immunity and her claims of 14th Amendment violations do not meet a "shocks the conscience" threshold.
April 04, 2024
A North Dakota federal judge said he is dismissing claims a woman filed against police after suffering "horrific injuries" when she was hit by a flashbang during the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in 2016.
April 28, 2023
A woman who was seriously injured during the 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protests can produce discovery documents in the "usual course of business" to the North Dakota county she is suing, a federal judge said Thursday.
April 18, 2019
North Dakota's attorney general has said law enforcement agencies were right to deny requests for records of a 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protest, concluding an attorney for a woman alleging excessive police violence must seek the records through discovery.