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United States Court of Appeals for The Fourth Circuit: United States of America v. Blue; Appeal from the US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
NACDL amicus curiae brief in support of Jose Padilla's appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Andracos Marshall's Petition for Rehearing En Banc.
Brief Amici Curiae of the National Consumer Law Center, Demos, The National Association of Consumer Advocates, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the National Employment Law Project, and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Amicus curiae brief of the Innocence Project, the North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence, the New England Innocence Project, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of petitioner-appellant Jeffrey R. MacDonald.
Amicus curiae brief of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of appellant.
Trial court amicus curiae memorandum submitted by NACDL arguing that the provision of the Adam Walsh Child Protection Act of 2006 restricting a criminal defendant’s access to evidence relevant to his or her defense in child pornography prosecutions (18 U.S.C. § 3509(m)) violates a criminal defendant’s Sixth Amendment confrontation, compulsory process and effective assistance of counsel rights and the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee of due process of law.
NACDL amicus curiae brief in Opposition to Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss, filed December 19, 2006
Brief of Amici Curiae of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Maryland, Center for Democracy & Technology, Electronic Frontier Foundation & National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of defendants-appellants’ appeal seeking reversal.
Brief for National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellant and Reversal.
Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Appellant and Urging Reversal.
Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Appellant’s Motion for Bail Pending Appeal.
Brief of Amici Curiae for the Cato Institute, Institute for Justice, and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Claimants-Appellants.
Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Cato Institute in Support of Appellant.