By Greg Mermelstein, Deputy Director & General Counsel, Missouri Public Defender             A nonprofit organization has standing to bring a Sec. 1983 suit to enjoin

By Greg Mermelstein, Deputy Director & General Counsel, Missouri Public Defender             Police had reasonable suspicion to make an investigatory stop of a juvenile driver

By Greg Mermelstein, Deputy Director & General Counsel, Missouri Public Defender             A term of supervised release under the Sentencing Reform Act is not automatically

By Greg Mermelstein, Deputy Director & General Counsel, Missouri Public Defender             An officer who lifted a seated protester by her arms behind her back

By Greg Mermelstein, Deputy Director & General Counsel, Missouri Public Defender             Persons with criminal convictions can bring a Sec. 1983 action to enjoin future

By Greg Mermelstein, Deputy Director & General Counsel, Missouri Public Defender             Federal courts reviewing an asylum seeker’s claims of past or future persecution must

By Greg Mermelstein, Deputy Director & General Counsel, Missouri Public Defender             When a trial recesses for the night in the middle of a defendant’s

By Greg Mermelstein, Deputy Director & General Counsel, Missouri Public Defender             Federal courts must deny habeas relief to petitioners if the state courts reasonably

By Greg Mermelstein, Deputy Director & General Counsel, Missouri Public Defender Restitution under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act (MVRA) is criminal punishment for purposes of

By Greg Mermelstein, Deputy Director & General Counsel, Missouri Public Defender             A person convicted of having a firearm in connection with a federal crime

By Greg Mermelstein, Deputy Director & General Counsel, Missouri Public Defender             The provision of Sec. 2244 that prohibits state prisoners from bringing second or