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In spite of constraints imposed by the COVID-19, NCLEJ has been active in the courts and its outreach to the public on a range of issues relating to its economic and racial justice work.

A wide-reaching Reuters investigative article on judicial misconduct in the United States includes McCullough v. City of Montgomery, a fines, fees, and forced labor case in Montgomery, Alabama currently being litigated by NCLEJ, Alabama attorneys Martha Morgan, Hank and Rose Sanders and Board Chair Sandy Hauser’s firm, Dentons. The article features the experiences of plaintiffs Angela McCullough and Marquita Johnson and highlights the failure to hold judges who abuse their authority accountable. The impact of the failure is felt particularly harshly by Black people. The article appears here. (http:// [link removed])

On June 29th, NCLEJ with co-counsel Michigan Protection & Advocacy Services and Legal Services of South Central Michigan, filed Wiesner v. Gordon in federal court in the Eastern District of Michigan, challenging basic unfairness in the Michigan Medicaid fair hearing system. Even when a recipient wins a fair hearing, they do not get actual relief but simply get sent back to the agency for a “reassessment” that, all too often, yields the same result the previous hearing rejected. This is a “hamster wheel,” in which recipients run and run but never get anywhere. The complaint asserts it is a violation of the fair hearing rules under the Medicaid Act. Read more about the case here. ([link removed])

On June 22nd, a coalition of home health care advocates chaired by the Legal Aid Society and including NCLEJ issued a letter calling on New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo to enact critical measures to protect home care workers and consumers from COVID-19 exposure when on the job resulting from lack of testing and personal protective equipment. The Coalition Of Labor And Disability Advocates (COLADA) addresses a wide range of issues in New York Medicaid’s home care system to resist the historic divides within the system that pit people with disabilities and home care workers against each other. Read the coalition's recommendations here. ([link removed])

Staff Attorney Britney Wilson appeared as a presenter in a panel celebrating the twenty first anniversary of the Olmstead decision held by the Center for Disability Rights. Coverage of the event can be found here. ([link removed])

One of Britney’s essays is also included in the newly released Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the Twenty First Century, edited by Alice Wong. You can find it here. ([link removed])

The Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at N.Y.U. Law School recently released the short film The Enduring Problem of School Segregation which includes Executive Director Dennis Parker and other education experts discussing the persistence and impact of racial and economic school segregation. The film was created by the Center headed by NCLEJ Board Member Deborah Archer. The film can be found on YouTube. ([link removed].)


We are proud of the work of the NCLEJ staff and Board and grateful for the support given by donors. The work has never been more important and we pledge our continued commitment to it.
Dennis D. Parker
NCLEJ Executive Director
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