Plaintiff, Tonya Moore, has filed claims under Title VII and related Florida statutes for workplace discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, against Defendant University of Miami Hospital. Specifically, Ms. Moore alleges she was fired from her nursing job based on her race and national origin and claims other African American employees were fired when non-African-Americans did not face discipline. If interested, please email FLSD_ProBono@flsd.uscourts.gov
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Plaintiff files a case against Carnival Cruise Lines alleging negligence and negligent failure to warn after she sustained bodily injuries pursuant to being hit by a public bathroom door on a Carnival cruise ship when the locked door malfunctioned. Volunteer representation would entail representing Plaintiff during all future proceedings. If interested, please email FLSD_ProBono@flsd.uscourts.gov
Plaintiff Martha Edgerton filed this action against her employer, the School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, alleging Title VII claims for discrimination based on gender, sexual harassment, retaliation, and hostile work environment, and a negligent failure to maintain under Florida law. Defendant has moved to dismiss Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint. If interested, please email FLSD_ProBono@flsd.uscourts.gov
Defendant Romancee Oshay George has filed an appeal of a district court order denying a motion for reduction in sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). He seeks representation both for the appeal, and to assist him in obtaining documents from his initial criminal case. If interested, please email FLSD_ProBono@flsd.uscourts.gov
The Criminal Defendant Venteria Reason seeks representation to file a motion under Amendment 821. If interested, please email FLSD_ProBono@flsd.uscourts.gov
Plaintiff George A. Kaye seeks redress against a Homeowners Association for allegedly violating his medical rights, falsely accusing him of acts that he did not commit, and wrongly denying Plaintiff the opportunity to re-lease his rental condo. If interested, please email FLSD_ProBono@flsd.uscourts.gov
In this section 1983 case, Plaintiff Jimmie Evans alleges that in 2018, while he was a pretrial detainee at Turner Gilford Knight, two officers with the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department beat him in a holding cell, unprompted, following a verbal altercation. Plaintiff alleges that the beating caused him to defecate on himself and left him with swelling in the face. Defendants deny that the beating took place. The Court denied qualified immunity on summary judgment. Trial is set for December 16, 2024. Plaintiff’s motion to compel video footage of the incident is set for a hearing before Magistrate Judge Goodman on August 14, 2024. If interested, please email FLSD_ProBono@flsd.uscourts.gov
Plaintiff filed a pro se Complaint for Declaratory and Mandamus Relief under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 701, et seq., and the Mandamus Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1361, based on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service’s failure to timely adjudicate his Form N-400 Application for Naturalization. Volunteer representation would entail representing Plaintiff during all pretrial proceedings, including trial, if necessary. If interested, please email FLSD_ProBono@flsd.uscourts.gov
Pro se Plaintiff White seeks to recover unpaid pension benefits under ERISA. Defendant has not appeared. If interested, please email FLSD_ProBono@flsd.uscourts.gov
Andrew Franzone has appealed both in his individual capacity and derivatively on behalf of the FF Fund Liquidating Trust and F5 Liquidating Trust the Bankruptcy Court’s “Order Denying Emergency Motion to Reverse Transactions Related to Coreweave, Inc.” His initial brief is due on June 17, 2024. If interested, please email FLSD_ProBono@flsd.uscourts.gov