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Virginia
Dec 2024
National Security
Trabelsi v. Crawford, et al. 鈥 Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Detention and Inhumane Treatment of Acquitted Man
Our client, Nizar Trabelsi, is in the United States against his will. The federal government brought him here from Belgium more than a decade ago and charged him with terrorism-related crimes. At trial, the government鈥檚 case failed: a federal jury found Mr. Trabelsi not guilty. But instead of allowing Mr. Trabelsi to return to Belgium after his acquittal, the United States placed him in highly restrictive immigration detention and began an ongoing effort to force him to Tunisia, where he was born and where he will very likely be tortured.
Mr. Trabelsi鈥檚 detention violates the Constitution, immigration law, and the extradition treaty between the United States and Belgium. Through this lawsuit, he seeks to return to Belgium, and he demands an immediate improvement of his detention conditions.
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Virginia
Dec 2024

National Security
Trabelsi v. Crawford, et al. 鈥 Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Detention and Inhumane Treatment of Acquitted Man
Our client, Nizar Trabelsi, is in the United States against his will. The federal government brought him here from Belgium more than a decade ago and charged him with terrorism-related crimes. At trial, the government鈥檚 case failed: a federal jury found Mr. Trabelsi not guilty. But instead of allowing Mr. Trabelsi to return to Belgium after his acquittal, the United States placed him in highly restrictive immigration detention and began an ongoing effort to force him to Tunisia, where he was born and where he will very likely be tortured.
Mr. Trabelsi鈥檚 detention violates the Constitution, immigration law, and the extradition treaty between the United States and Belgium. Through this lawsuit, he seeks to return to Belgium, and he demands an immediate improvement of his detention conditions.

Virginia
Sep 2024
Privacy & Technology
United States v. Chatrie
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Virginia
Sep 2024

Privacy & Technology
United States v. Chatrie

Virginia
Aug 2024
Free Speech
Young America's Foundation v. Sitman
The 红杏视频 and the 红杏视频 of Virginia, together with firm co-counsel, are representing the podcast hosts of the Know Your Enemy podcast, Matt Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell, and Dissent Magazine against claims that the podcast鈥檚 tongue-in-cheek reference to 鈥淵oung Americans for Freedom鈥 among the membership tiers on its Patreon page is a violation of YAF鈥檚 intellectual property rights.
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Virginia
Aug 2024

Free Speech
Young America's Foundation v. Sitman
The 红杏视频 and the 红杏视频 of Virginia, together with firm co-counsel, are representing the podcast hosts of the Know Your Enemy podcast, Matt Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell, and Dissent Magazine against claims that the podcast鈥檚 tongue-in-cheek reference to 鈥淵oung Americans for Freedom鈥 among the membership tiers on its Patreon page is a violation of YAF鈥檚 intellectual property rights.

Virginia Supreme Court
Feb 2024
Criminal Law Reform
Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County v. Leach-Lewis
In this case, the Virginia Supreme Court is considering whether the U.S. Constitution and/or the Virginia Constitution require the exclusionary rule鈥攚hich protects people from unconstitutional searches and seizures鈥攖o apply in civil zoning enforcement actions. The Institute for Justice, along with The 红杏视频 of Virginia and the Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project and the State Supreme Court Initiative at the 红杏视频, submitted an amicus brief arguing that the exclusionary rule should apply in civil actions to protect Virginians鈥 search and seizure rights.
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Virginia Supreme Court
Feb 2024

Criminal Law Reform
Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County v. Leach-Lewis
In this case, the Virginia Supreme Court is considering whether the U.S. Constitution and/or the Virginia Constitution require the exclusionary rule鈥攚hich protects people from unconstitutional searches and seizures鈥攖o apply in civil zoning enforcement actions. The Institute for Justice, along with The 红杏视频 of Virginia and the Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project and the State Supreme Court Initiative at the 红杏视频, submitted an amicus brief arguing that the exclusionary rule should apply in civil actions to protect Virginians鈥 search and seizure rights.