"Sanjukta was my opposing counsel in a lawsuit. I was so impressed, that I later hired her as my own attorney. She is wise, compassionate, practical and a formidable advocate "
-- David Ribakoff, Attorney
Sheriff Says Deportation Info is ICE's Duty
by MATT REYNOLDS
LOS ANGELES (CN), Thursday, June 30, 2011- Civil rights groups asked the Superior Court to order L.A. Sheriff Leroy Baca to hand over arrest records of people deported under the "Secure Communities" immigration program, amid allegations that sheriff's officers engage in racial profiling.
A sheriff's spokesman said that the information, if it is released at all, must come from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - not from the Sheriff's Department.
Lead plaintiff the National Day Laborer Organizing Network claims the Sheriff's Department refused to hand over the records or sent outdated or irrelevant information. (Click to read entire article.)
Community Groups Sue L.A. County Sheriff Baca, Demand Full Disclosure of Sheriff’s Ties to Immigration Enforcement Agents
Lawsuit Seeks to Uncover Truth Behind Sheriff’s Immigration Operations in Los Angeles County by: Elina ShatkinLOS ANGELES,June 30, 2011 -After years of requesting public documents through the California Public Records Act, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), and the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) today announced that they were taking legal action to obtain information about the Los Angeles County’s ties to federal immigration enforcement efforts. (Click to read entire article.)
LOS ANGELES, June 10, 2009 - UCLA School of Law's Clinical Program, working together with Sanjukta M. Paul, a civil rights attorney with the firm Rothner, Segall, Greenstone & Leheny, secured a victory for catering food truck operators in a case challenging the constitutionality of a city ordinance that has been aggressively implemented against these vendors in Los Angeles since the beginning of 2008. On Friday, Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Barry D. Kohn ruled on appeal that the ordinance, which required catering trucks to move every 30 or 60 minutes to a distant location and not vend for 30 to 60 minutes, is not rationally related to public safety or public health and is preempted by the California Vehicle Code. (Click to read entire article.)
Daily Dish - The inside scoop on food in Los Angeles
Carne asada is not a crime -- once again by: Elina ShatkinLoncheros have won the latest round in the ongoing battle between taco trucks and brick-and-mortar restaurants. A group of enterprising UCLA law students helped overturn a Los Angeles city ordinance that would have severely crimped taco truck operators' ability to do business. This comes after an August 2008 ruling that struck down a similar Los Angeles County ordinance. (Click to read entire article.)
Registrar thriller plays out in lawsuit
by Troy Anderson, Staff Writer 04/02/2009It has all the elements of a spellbinding political thriller: alleged corruption, a coverup and characters described as "snakes and poison from a biblical era." It's not a page-turning bestseller, but a labyrinthine lawsuit involving allegations of unethical actions and misconduct among top Los Angeles County officials. Three high-level managers who were forced out of their jobs under former Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Conny McCormack claim she engaged in a range of misconduct from wrongful termination to race and age discrimination to attempted insurance fraud. (Click to read entire article.)
A settlement looms in nasty registrar's office case
by Troy Anderson Staff Writer 03/28/2009The three plaintiffs - Chief Deputy Kristin Heffron, Assistant Registrar-Recorder Alvarez Lecesne and his wife, management services head Desnee Lecesne - alleged they were wrongfully terminated, forced to retire and demoted for complaining about race and age discrimination, blowing the whistle on wrongdoing and calling for an investigation of unethical activities. (Click to read entire article.)
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