U.S. Department of Justice

Civil Rights Division

PRESS RELEASES

• 10-05-04 FORMER CARLISLE, ARKANSAS POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED ON CIVIL RIGHTS CHARGES FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING INMATES

• 10-04-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR ELECTION IN ALASKA

• 09-30-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUES NEW YORK METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY ALLEGING RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION

• 09-30-04 EL PASO MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO THREATENING VIOLENCE TO OBSTRUCT FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION

• 09-30-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES PROPOSED REVISIONS TO DISABILITY-RELATED REGULATIONS

• 09-29-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES SETTLEMENT WITH THE CITY OF GALLUP, NEW MEXICO REGARDING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMERICAN INDIAN APPLICANTS

• 09-29-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT AGAINST HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITY

• 09-29-04 ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR CIVIL RIGHTS R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA TO HOLD BACKGROUND BRIEFING

• 09-29-04 ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN ASHCROFT, LABOR SECRETARY ELAINE L. CHAO SIGN AGREEMENT IMPROVING JOB PROTECTION FOR RETURNING GUARDSMEN AND RESERVISTS

• 09-28-04 SANDRA MARIE ANDERSON SENTENCED FOR FALSIFYING MATERIAL FACTS, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, AND FALSE REPRESENTATIONS

• 09-24-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES AGREEMENTS WITH THREE CITIES IMPROVING ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

• 09-22-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES SETTLEMENT REGARDING CONDITIONS AT KENTUCKY REGARDING DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER

• 09-21-04 FORMER JACKSON MISSISSIPPI POLICE OFFICER INDICTED ON CIVIL RIGHTS-RELATED CHARGES

• 09-21-04 ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA HOSTS LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY CONFERENCE

• 09-20-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR ELECTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA

• 09-20-04 ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR CIVIL RIGHTS R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA TO SPEAK AT LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY CONFERENCE

• 09-16-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT AGAINST LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

• 09-15-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES SETTLEMENT REGARDING CONDITIONS AT THREE ARIZONA JUVENILE JUSTICE FACILITIES

• 09-14-04 ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHCROFT ANNOUNCES $33.6 MILLION IN AWARDS TO PROVIDE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING

• 09-14-04 ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHCROFT ANNOUNCES $31.2 MILLION IN AWARDS TO COMMUNITIES TO RESPOND TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

• 09-14-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES SETTLEMENT WITH CHICAGO APARTMENT OWNER FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN

• 09-13-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR ELECTIONS IN NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, AND ALABAMA

• 09-08-04 CHICAGO AREA CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION PAYS $83,500 TO SETTLE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

• 09-08-04 FORMER TEXAS POLICE OFFICER CONVICTED ON CIVIL RIGHTS CHARGES

• 09-07-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR ELECTIONS IN ARIZONA

• 09-07-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES SETTLEMENT WITH NEW JERSEY SCHOOL DISTRICT REGARDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

• 09-02-04 TWO MEN PLEAD GUILTY IN KENTUCKY CROSS BURNING CASE

• 08-30-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR ELECTIONS IN FLORIDA

• 08-27-04 SECOND MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN GEORGIA HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASE

• 08-26-04 LAS VEGAS DEVELOPER PAYS $150,000 TO SETTLE FAIR HOUSING LAWSUIT WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

• 08-25-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT CONCERNING CONDITIONS AT LOS ANGELES COUNTY JUVENILE HALLS

• 08-17-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES LAWSUIT ALLEGING DISABILITY-BASED HOUSING DISCRIMINATION IN CARTERET, NEW JERSEY

• 08-13-04 FINAL TWO DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN MISSOURI WHITE SUPREMACIST CASE

• 08-12-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES NATIONWIDE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH MOTEL 6

• 08-12-04 ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR CIVIL RIGHTS R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA TO SPEAK AT LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY CONFERENCE

• 08-10-04 ASYLUM OFFICER CONVICTED OF CORRUPTION AND CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FOR SOLICITING SEX AND MONEY FROM ASYLUM SEEKERS

• 08-09-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR ELECTIONS IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, GEORGIA

• 08-05-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION COMMEMORATES 100 AGREEMENT MILESTONE FOR PROJECT CIVIC ACCESS

• 08-04-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES VOTING RIGHTS LAWSUIT WITH VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

• 08-03-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FINDS STATE OF CALIFORNIA CONTRIBUTES TO UNNECESSARY INSTITUTIONALIZATION AT LAGUNA HONDA NURSING HOME

• 08-03-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FINDS UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONS AT THE A. HOLLY PATTERSON GERIATRIC CENTER IN UNIONDALE, NEW YORK

• 08-02-04 THREE DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN MISSOURI WHITE SUPREMACIST CASE

• 08-02-04 UNITED STATES REACHES AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY REGARDING CONDITIONS AT NEW LISBON DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER

• 08-02-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FINDS UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONS AT BAXTER MANOR NURSING HOME

• 08-02-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR ELECTION IN MICHIGAN

• 08-02-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES LAWSUIT WITH FORT LAUDERDALE APARTMENT COMPLEX FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST INDIVIDUALS WITH CHILDREN

• 07-23-04 FIVE WILSON COUNTY TENNESSEE CORRECTIONS OFFICERS INDICTED ON CIVIL RIGHTS CHARGES

• 07-23-04 FORMER ARKANSAS POLICE OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

• 07-19-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR ELECTIONS IN GEORGIA AND MICHIGAN

• 07-16-04 VIRGINIA MEN PLEAD GUILTY TO BIAS-MOTIVATED VANDALISM OF HISTORIC AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHURCH

• 07-16-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SECURES INJUNCTION PROTECTING RIGHTS OF OVERSEAS CITIZENS TO VOTE IN JULY 20TH FEDERAL PRIMARY ELECTION IN GEORGIA

• 07-16-04 BUSH ADMINISTRATION HOSTS FIRST NATIONAL TRAINING CONFERENCE TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING

• 07-13-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES SUIT AGAINST GEORGIA TO ENFORCE RIGHTS OF OVERSEAS MILITARY AND CIVILIAN CITIZENS TO VOTE IN JULY 20 PRIMARY

• 07-13-04 CHICAGO BANK CHARGED WITH DISCRIMINATORY“REDLINING” LENDING

• 07-06-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES VOTING RIGHTS LAWSUIT WITH YAKIMA COUNTY, WASHINGTON

• 06-29-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES VOTING RIGHTS LAWSUIT WITH SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK

• 06-28-04 INDEPENDENT MONITOR SELECTED FOR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S AGREEMENT WITH PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT

• 06-23-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES VOTING RIGHTS ACT AGREEMENT WITH SAN DIEGO COUNTY

• 06-22-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES LAWSUIT ALLEGING DISABILITY-BASED HOUSING DISCRIMINATION IN WILTON, NEW YORK

• 06-17-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUES ALBUQUERQUE GROUP HOME OPERATOR FOR DISABILITY AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT

• 06-16-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES SETTLEMENT REGARDING CONDITIONS AT BANKS-JACKSON-COMMERCE NURSING HOME

• 06-15-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION SUIT WITH JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

• 06-15-04 INDIANAPOLIS MAN SENTENCED FOR CROSS BURNING

• 06-7-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR ELECTIONS IN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTH CAROLINA

• 06-7-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES LAWSUIT CHALLENGING CONDITIONS AT TERRELL COUNTY JAIL

• 06-4-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES LAWSUIT ALLEGING DISABILITY-BASED HOUSING DISCRIMINATION IN RENO, NEVADA

• 06-2-04 UNITED STATES FILES RACIAL HARASSMENT CHARGES AGAINST PATTONVILLE-BRIDGETON MISSOURI FIRE DEPARTMENT

• 06-1-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES CIVIL RIGHTS ALLEGATIONS CONCERNING VIOLENCE-PLAGUED BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL

• 05-28-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR ELECTIONS IN NEW MEXICO AND SOUTH DAKOTA

• 05-27-04 DALLAS MAN INDICTED FOR ASSAULT ON IRANIAN-AMERICAN MAN AT MCDONALD'S RESTAURANT

• 05-26-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUES CALIFORNIA COUNTY TO ENFORCE 2002 VOTING REFORM LAW

• 05-25-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND ALABAMA OFFICIALS AGREE TO AN EXTENSION OF TIME IN TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA FOR RETURN OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS BY MILITARY AND OVERSEAS VOTERS

• 05-21-04 NEVADA OWNER, DEVELOPER, AND ARCHITECT PAY $718,000 TO SETTLE FAIR HOUSING LAWSUIT

• 05-21-04 EL PASO, MAN INDICTED FOR THREATENING VIOLENCE TO OBSTRUCT FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION

• 05-19-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH OKLAHOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT IN MUSLIM STUDENT HEADSCARF CASE

• 05-19-04 DETROIT BANK CHARGED WITH DISCRIMINATORY “REDLINING” LENDING

• 05-18-04 ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN ASHCROFT ISSUES FIRST ANNUAL REPORT ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING

• 05-14-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR ELECTIONS IN TEXAS

• 05-13-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CHARGES CHICAGO AREA CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION WITH DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION

• 05-13-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OBTAINS RECORD $ 1.1 MILLION VERDICT IN SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE AGAINST LANDLORD IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

• 05-11-04 INDONESIAN NATIONAL PLEADS GUILTY TO HARBORING DOMESTIC WORKER

• 05-10-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATE 1955 EMMETT TILL MURDER

• 05-05-04 FEDERAL COURT AWARDS OVER $100,000 TO VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING

• 05-04-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH NEW JERSEY AREA APARTMENT COMPLEX FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST INDIVIDUALS WITH CHILDREN

• 05-04-04 FLORIDA MAN SENTENCED ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING-RELATED CHARGES

• 05-03-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES RACE DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT AGAINST CRACKER BARREL RESTAURANT CHAIN

• 04-29-04 GREEN BAY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO BIAS-MOTIVATED CRIME

• 4-27-04 FINAL TWO DEFENDANTS IN MISSOURI WHITE SUPREMACIST CASE PLEAD GUILTY TO RACIALLY MOTIVATED ASSAULT

• 4-26-04 FEDERAL OBSERVERS TO MONITOR ELECTION IN PENNSYLVANIA

• 4-26-04 NORTH CAROLINA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO RACIAL HARASSMENT OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILY

• 4-26-04 OHIO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO ASSAULTING DETAINEE

• 4-23-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FINDS CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AT ARKANSAS DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY FACILITY

• 4-23-04 FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ARREST TEXAS MAN FOR MAKING BIAS-MOTIVATED THREAT ON TEXAS ISLAMIC CENTER

• 4-21-04 APPEALS COURT RULES FLORIDA CITY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST ORTHODOX JEWISH CONGREGATIONS

• 4-21-04 APPEALS COURT AFFIRMS THIRTEEN-YEAR SENTENCE FOR KLAN LEADER IN LOUISIANA CROSS-BURNING

• 4-21-04 MISSOURI WHITE SUPREMACIST PLEADS GUILTY TO RACIALLY MOTIVATED ASSAULT

• 4-20-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OBTAINS INJUNCTION AGAINST PENNSYLVANIA TO PROTECT RIGHTS OF OVERSEAS MILITARY AND CIVILIAN VOTERS

• 4-19-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES IMMIGRATION-RELATED EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION CHARGES

• 4-19-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR ELECTION IN MISSISSIPPI

• 4-19-04 LANDLORD PAYS $100,000 TO SETTLE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HOUSING BIAS AND SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT

• 4-16-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FINDS UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONS AT TWO MARYLAND JUVENILE JUSTICE FACILITIES

• 4-16-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES AGREEMENT WITH PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS ELECTION OFFICIALS OVER VIOLATIONS OF THE NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT

• 4-16-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES SUIT AGAINST PENNSYLVANIA TO ENFORCE RIGHTS OF OVERSEAS MILITARY AND CIVILIAN CITIZENS TO VOTE IN FEDERAL PRIMARY ELECTION

• 4-15-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUES DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR FAIR HOUSING ACT VIOLATIONS REGARDING GROUP HOME FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

• 4-15-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUES LOUISIANA APARTMENT OWNERS FOR ENGAGING IN RACE DISCRIMINATION

• 4-15-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUES STATE OF NEW YORK FOR VIOLATING RIGHTS OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

• 4-9-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES GEORGIA COUNTY JAIL OFFICER SENTENCED TO PRISON IN CIVIL RIGHTS CASE

• 4-9-04 FORMER WILSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE CORRECTIONS OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO CIVIL RIGHTS-RELATED CHARGE

• 4-7-04 LEADER OF MISSOURI SKINHEAD GROUP PLEADS GUILTY TO ATTACKING TWO AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN

• 4-6-04 APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS CONSTITUTIONALITY OF CHURCH ARSON PREVENTION ACT IN SYNAGOGUE BOMB-THREAT CASE

• 3-30-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT AGAINST MISSISSIPPI STATE POLICE

• 3-30-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST OKLAHOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT SEEKING TO PROTECT STUDENT'S RIGHT TO WEAR HEADSCARF TO PUBLIC SCHOOL

• 3-29-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES AGREEMENT WITH MARYLAND JUVENILE SERVICES TO ASSURE APPROPRIATE COMMUNICATION WITH JUVENILES WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS

• 3-25-04 WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO HOLDING A DOMESTIC WORKER IN INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE

• 3-23-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WINS LAWSUIT ALLEGING DELAWARE STATE POLICE ENGAGED IN EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION

• 3-23-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN GRANTS FOR IMMIGRATION-RELATED EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION

• 3-18-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT OF DISCRIMINATION CASE AGAINST FLORIDA ENVOY APARTMENTS

• 3-18-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES MOTION TO INTERVENE IN TITLE IX SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE AGAINST RHINEBECK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

• 3-17-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CLOSES RELIGIOUS ZONING DISCRIMINATION INVESTIGATION OF BRIGHTON TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA

• 3-17-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES CONSENT DECREE WITH UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO TO RESOLVE ALLEGATIONS OF PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION

• 3-10-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT OF FAIR HOUSING LAWSUIT AGAINST THE BOROUGH OF BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY

• 3-9-04 SANDRA MARIE ANDERSON PLEADS GUILTY TO FALSIFYING MATERIAL FACTS, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND FALSE REPRESENTATIONS IN VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL CRIMINAL LAWS"

• 3-9-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT IN CONCAN, TEXAS PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION CASE

• 3-8-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR ELECTIONS IN LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI AND TEXAS

• 3-5-04 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SETTLES SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE TOWN OF WEST TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA

• 3-4-04 APPEALS COURT REVERSES LOWER COURT IN CROSS BURNING DECISION AND REMANDS FOR RE-SENTENCING

• 3-4-04 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO SUBMIT AMICUS BRIEF DEFENDING THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA'S RIGHT TO USE CITY LANDS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY

• 3-4-04 CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FLORIDA SHERIFF'S DEPUTY SENTENCED FOR VIOLATING MINOR'S CIVIL RIGHTS

• 3-2-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF VIETNAMESE-SPEAKING VOTERS

• 3-2-04 FLORIDA MAN SENTENCED ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING-RELATED CHARGES

• 3-1-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR ELECTIONS IN CALIFORNIA

• 2-27-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SIGNS AGREEMENTS WITH NINE COMMUNITIES TO ENSURE CIVIC ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

• 2-25-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES ARRESTS AND INDICTMENT IN NORTH CAROLINA CROSS BURNING CASE

• 2-25-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEEKS TO JOIN SEX DISCRIMINATION LAWSUITS AGAINST DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

• 2-24-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEEKS TO JOIN SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWSUIT AGAINST CITY OF BALTIMORE

• 2-23-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ISSUES FINDINGS LETTER DETAILING CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AT CALIFORNIA MENTAL HOSPITAL

• 2-20-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES FORMER TENNESSEE MENTAL FACILITY EMPLOYEE SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR ABUSING PATIENT

• 2-20-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT RELEASES GUIDE TO IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY OF POLLING PLACES FOR DISABLED VOTERS

• 2-18-04 ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD REJECTS DISCRIMINATION CASE FILED AGAINST GOVERNMENT BY ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY

• 2-18-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CERTIFIES MARYLAND'S STATE ACCESSIBILITY CODE AS EQUIVALENT TO FEDERAL ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

• 2-13-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES ROCHESTER, NEW YORK HOUSING DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT

• 2-9-04 MACOMB, ILLINOIS MAN SENTENCED FOR CROSS BURNING TARGETING INTERRACIAL COUPLE

• 2-6-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH PENNSYLVANIA RESTAURANT ON ACCESSIBILITY ISSUE

• 2-6-04 STATEMENT BY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR CIVIL RIGHTS R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA AND U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA DEBRA W. YANG REGARDING THE INGLEWOOD CASE

• 2-5-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO HOUSING BIAS LAWSUIT

• 1-29-04 GEORGIA MAN SENTENCED FOR CROSS BURNING IN MOULTRIE

• 1-29-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES SENTENCING IN SOUTH TEXAS HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SEX SLAVERY PROSECUTION

• 1-27-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FINDS UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONS AT THREE ARIZONA JUVENILE JUSTICE FACILITIES

• 1-23-04 NORTH CAROLINA POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED ON CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION

• 1-22-04 FORMER DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT DRUG INFORMANTS SENTENCED ON CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FOR PLANTING FAKE DRUGS

• 1-22-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SIGNS AGREEMENTS GOVERNING USE OF CANINES AND FORCE WITH PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY

• 1-20-04 GEORGIA CORRECTIONS OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE

• 1-15-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES THIRD GUILTY PLEA IN NEW JERSEY SEX TRAFFICKING CASE

• 1-12-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES SETTLEMENT REGARDING UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONS AT TWO LOUISIANA DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS

• 1-9-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES HOUSING DISCRIMINATION CASE IN WESTERN NEW YORK

• 1-8-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CLOSES INVESTIGATION OF TEXAS CITY’S BARRING OF RELIGIOUS SPEECH AT SENIOR CENTER

• 1-8-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUES CITY OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA ALLEGING SEX DISCRIMINATION IN POLICE HIRING

• 1-5-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES FAVORABLE DECISION IN HAWAII RELIGIOUS LAND USE CASE

• 12-31-03 HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT OF 2002

• 12-31-03 HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT OF 2002

• 12-30-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT OF FAIR HOUSING LITIGATION AGAINST INTERNET WEBSITE

• 12-19-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES GUILTY PLEA IN CIVIL RIGHTS PROSECUTION OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICER

• 12-18-03 STATEMENT BY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR CIVIL RIGHTS R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA ON LAWSUIT REGARDING INSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONS AT TWO MISSISSIPPI TRAINING SCHOOLS

• 12-18-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES LAWSUIT CHALLENGING CONDITIONS AT TWO MISSISSIPPI JUVENILE TRAINING SCHOOLS

• 12-10-03 CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FLORIDA DETECTIVE CONVICTED OF CIVIL RIGHTS CHARGES IN BEATING OF JUVENILE SUSPECT

• 12-08-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES SENTENCING IN PORTLAND, OREGON REGARDING BIAS-MOTIVATED CRIMES

• 12-04-03 FEDERAL OBSERVERS TO MONITOR ELECTION IN TEXAS

• 12-03-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FINDS UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONS AT TWO ARKANSAS CORRECTIONAL UNITS

• 12-01-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES FAVORABLE DECISION IN SUIT REGARDING HOUSING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MILITARY FAMILY

• 11-19-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT IN WEST VIRGINIA RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CASE

• 11-19-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES SENTENCING IN ILLINOIS CIVIL RIGHTS CASE

• 11-04-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN FLORIDA HOUSING DISCRIMINATION CASE

• 10-31-03 FEDERAL OBSERVERS AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL TO MONITOR GENERAL ELECTION IN STATES ACROSS THE NATION

• 10-27-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES PLEA IN TENNESSEE CRIMINAL CIVIL RIGHTS CASE

• 10-17-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES SETTLEMENT WITH NEW JERSEY SCHOOL DISTRICT REGARDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

• 10-09-03 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SETTLES HOUSING DISCRIMINATION CASE AGAINST DEVELOPERS OF FIVE APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN IDAHO

• 9-03-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES GUILTY PLEA IN ILLINOIS CIVIL RIGHTS CASE

• 9-02-03 JURY CONVICTS NEW HAMPSHIRE COUPLE OF FORCED LABOR

• 8-14-03 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANNOUNCES GRANTS FOR TRAINING ON PREVENTION OF IMMIGRATION-RELATED JOB DISCRIMINATION

• 8-13-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES SENTENCING IN PENNSYLVANIA CIVIL RIGHTS CASE

• 8-11-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT WITH MONTANA RETIREMENT COMMUNITY REGARDING VIOLATIONS OF FAIR HOUSING ACT

• 8-5-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES CONSENT DECREE REGARDING TAMPA, FLORIDA, DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION CASE

• 7-31-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES INDICTMENT IN TEXAS HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASE

• 7-25-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES AGREEMENTS TO ENSURE CIVIC ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

• 7-23-03 FACT SHEET: CIVIL RIGHTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• 7-21-03 KENTUCKY INDIVIDUALS SENTENCED ON CHARGES OF CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

• 6-30-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT WITH UNIVERSITY OF GUAM REGARDING EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION VIOLATIONS

• 6-26-03 HUDSPETH COUNTY, TEXAS INDIVIDUALS SENTENCED REGARDING CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

• 6-20-03 ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN ASHCROFT ANNOUNCES NEW LEADERSHIP FOR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT’S CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION

• 6-17-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ISSUES POLICY GUIDANCE TO BAN RACIAL PROFILING

• 6-12-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES CONSENT DECREES CONCLUDING INVESTIGATION OF DETROIT POLICE DEPARTMENT

• 6-11-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH SFX ENTERTAINMENT, INC. REGARDING DISABILITY RIGHTS MATTER

• 6-4-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH POOLER, GEORGIA REGARDING ALLEGED FAIR HOUSING ACT VIOLATIONS

• 6-4-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES RESOLUTION OF VOTING LAW VIOLATIONS IN NEW YORK

• 6-3-03 FORMER ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION BURKE MARSHALL REMEMBERED FOR HIS DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO CIVIL RIGHTS

• 6-2-03 FEDERAL OBSERVERS TO MONITOR ELECTIONS IN NEW JERSEY

• 5-19-03 FEDERAL OBSERVERS TO MONITOR ELECTIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA

• 4-25-03 DALLAS POLICE OFFICER INDICTED ON MULTIPLE CHARGES OF CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

• 4-22-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CLOSES RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION INQUIRY AT TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY

• 4-14-03 FEDERAL OBSERVERS TO MONITOR ELECTION IN NEW JERSEY

• 4-10-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INDICTS TWO NEW HAMPSHIRE RESIDENTS WITH FORCING JAMAICAN CITIZENS INTO INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE

• 3-31-03 FEDERAL OBSERVERS TO MONITOR ELECTION IN CICERO, ILLINOIS

• 3-10-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH ARKANSAS FACILITY REGARDING CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT

• 3-7-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES AFFIRMATIVE DECISION IN VOTING RIGHTS CASE

• 2-28-03 DEFENDANT CONVICTED FOR ROLE IN 1967 MISSISSIPPI CIVIL RIGHTS-ERA MURDER

• 2-25-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST BERKS COUNTY ELECTION OFFICIALS REGARDING ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT

• 2-25-03 FACT SHEET ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE FIGHT TO PREVENT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

• 2-21-03 GARMENT FACTORY OWNER CONVICTED IN LARGEST EVER HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASE PROSECUTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

• 2-20-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUES FORT LAUDERDALE APARTMENT OWNER FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN

• 2-11-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT WITH NORTH CAROLINA ARCHITECTURAL FIRM REGARDING ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF FAIR HOUSING ACT

• 2-11-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES SUIT AGAINST NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO REGIONAL SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY REGARDING ALLEGATIONS OF RACIAL AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT

• 1-29-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE AGAINST KANSAS MOBILE HOME PARK OWNERS

• 1-23-03 UNITED STATES REACHES AGREEMENT WITH MOUNT PROSPECT POLICE DEPARTMENT TO RESOLVE INVESTIGATION OF DISCRIMINATORY POLICING

• 1-22-03 FIVE DEFENDANTS INCLUDING FORMER JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA POLICE OFFICERS SENTENCED ON MURDER AND OTHER FELONIES

• 1-17-03 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REACHES AGREEMENT WITH LOUISIANA REGARDING CONDITIONS AT LOUISIANA'S JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

• 1-9-03 FORMER RUIDOSO, NEW MEXICO POLICE OFFICER INDICTED ON CHARGES OF POLICE MISCONDUCT

• 1-7-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES LAWSUIT WITH DEVELOPER, ARCHITECT AND CIVIL ENGINEER OF OLATHE, KANSAS APARTMENT COMPLEXES

• 1-2-03 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES SUIT AGAINST CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA FOR RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION

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