This amicus brief was written to support Petitioner’s writ of habeas corpus following a murder conviction and death sentence, claiming ineffective assistance of counsel where trial counsel did not conduct an investigation into the Petitioner’s childhood. Issue includes whether child sexual abuse...
MONTANA v. TIPTON
This amicus brief was written in support of a Petition for Writ of Certioari where the Supreme Court of Montana concluded that the DNA provision was constitutional, but that it did not allow for the revival of previously expired claims. Issues include whether Montana’s law permits revival of...
IN RE: FORTIETH STATEWIDE INVESTIGATING GRAND JURY
This amicus brief was written in response to Defendant dioceses subjected to a grand jury investigation and its argument that private attorneys who have knowledge of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report must keep all information confidential. Issues include whether the Pennsylvania Full Grand Jury...
IN RE JOHN DOE
This amicus letter was written to support a Petition for Writ of Mandamus where a Plaintiff’s lawsuit was barred based on the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine. Includes issue of whether a private school with a religious sounding name and/or loose religious affiliation can rely on the religious...
M.A. v. THE HONORABLE JOSE PADILLA, ET. AL.
This amicus brief was written in response to Defendant’s claim that preventing him from cross-examining a child plaintiff violated his rights under the Confrontation Clause. Includes issue of whether a pro se child abuser has a rigid right to direct examination of his child victim. The final...
SLINEY v. PREVITE
This amicus brief was written in response to Defendant’s challenge of the retroactivity of Mass. Ge. Laws. ch. 260 §§ 4C & 4C 1/2, which extended the statute of limitations of civil claims for child sex abuse to 35 years. Issues include whether Mass. Gen. Laws. ch. 260, §§ 4C & 4C 1/2...
SEBELIUS v. HOBBY LOBBY STORES, INC.
This amicus brief was written to challenge the constitutionality of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act where private companies sued the Secretary of Health and Human Services, claiming that the Affordable Care Act’s provision requiring private employers to provide abortion-inducing drugs...
PAROLINE v. UNKNOWN AND U.S.
This amicus brief was written to support Plaintiff’s writ for mandamus, to receive restitution after Defendant pled guilty to possessing material involving the sexual exploitation of children. Issues include whether sexual abuse, its memorialization, distribution, and viewing are psychologically...
HOSANNA TABOR v. EEOC
This amicus brief was written to support the EEOC where defendant claimed a First Amendment ministerial exception to the EEOC’s retaliation claims. Issues include whether the First Amendment is a defense to criminal or civil liability for sexual misconduct by employees; and whether the First...