Attorney Gregory Paul Copeland's Legal Cases

Immigration

Ramatu Kiadii v. Decker, 423 F. Supp. 3d 18 (S.D.N.Y. 2018)

Mar 02, 2018

OUTCOME: The court granted Petitioner's request for release on personal recognizance pending resolution of her habeas corpus petition.

The court found that Petitioner met the requirements for release under Mapp v. Reno by: (1) raising substantial claims of U.S. citizenship which, if true, would render her immigration detention unlawfu ... l; (2) demonstrating a likelihood of success on the merits through unrebutted evidence meeting the conditions of former § 1432(a); and (3) presenting extraordinary circumstances of being detained by immigration authorities despite a credible citizenship claim and deteriorating health.

Constitutional

Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding, Inc. v. Rell, Dkt. No. XO7-HHD-CV-145037565-S (September 7, 2016)

Sep 07, 2016

OUTCOME:

Hartford Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukawsher ruled partially in favor of the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding in a lengthy, wide-reaching decision regarding Connecticut's schoo ... l finance system. Judge Moukawsher made the findings listed below and gave the State 180 days to submit proposed changes to address the parts of Connecticut's education system that he found unconstitutional. The state's responsibility for education is direct and non-delegable: it must assume unconditional authority to intervene in troubled school districts. The court can't dictate the amount of education spending, but spending including school construction spending must follow a formula influenced only by school needs and good practices. The state must define elementary and secondary education objectively, ending the abuses that in some places have nearly destroyed the meaning of high school graduation and have left children rising from elementary school to high school without knowing how to read, write, and do math well enough to move up. The state must end arbitrary spending on special education that has delivered too little help to some and educationally useless services to others; it must set sensible rules for schools to follow in identifying and helping disabled children.

Gregory Paul Copeland's Legal Cases (12)

Ramatu Kiadii v. Decker, 423 F. Supp. 3d 18 (S.D.N.Y. 2018)

Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding, Inc. v. Rell, Dkt. No. XO7-HHD-CV-145037565-S (September 7, 2016)