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Current Police Accountability Cases

Harris et. al. v. Dobbins et. al.

Black residents regularly experience harassment, coercion, threatening conduct, and often brutal mistreatment at the hands of the Lexington Police Department. Following our filing in 2022, the Department of Justice launched a pattern or practice investigation that found that the Lexington Police Department routinely violates people’s civil rights.

O’Neil v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

Ashely O’Neil was forced to have two painful surgeries when Wellpath and Clark County Detention Center staff refused to take her out of the jail to have post-operative care appointments for her fractured ankle. Wellpath, one of the largest private prison medical contractors in the US, has gotten away with permanently injuring people in order to cut costs for too long. NPAP’s work on behalf of Ms. O’Neil is part of our work to hold Wellpath accountable.

Daher v. Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department

Jaime Naranjo was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and pillar of his community. In September 2022, Mr. Naranjo was experiencing an acute mental-health crisis and asked his wife, Elisa Daher, to call 911 for emergency health services. Within seconds of arriving, a Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputy shot and killed Mr. Naranjo in his front yard, while his wife watched in horror.

Desir v. Broward County

Kevin Desir had been in custody of the Broward County Jail for four days when, in January 2021, he suffered a mental health crisis. Though initially called to intervene in Mr. Desir’s self-harm, six Broward County Sheriff’s deputies fatally attacked him and failed to provide medical treatment as Wellpath medical personnel looked on without intervention.

Ordonez-Vargas v. Orange County

Maria Ordonez-Vargas is a transgender immigrant woman from Nicaragua who was arrested by ICE and detained in Orange County Jail where Wellpath was the medical provider. Both left her to suffer in pain for weeks from a fractured nose for which she was booked for urgent surgery the day of her arrest. NPAP’s work on behalf of Ms. Ordonez-Vargasl is part of our work to hold Wellpath accountable.

Scott v. Haynes

La’Shane Scott has been speaking up about mistreatment in South Dakota state prisons—including the prison’s repeated failure to provide him with his prescription medication—for the last several years. This case seeks accountability for the prison staff’s ongoing and violent retaliation against him.

Cardenas et. al. v. Harris County et. al.

In July 2025, Alexis Jovany Cardenas was arrested on a decade-old municipal warrant for unpaid traffic tickets, which Harris County Jail turned into a death sentence when multiple corrections officers assaulted and restrained him for over seven minutes, long after he had stopped breathing. This case seeks justice for his wife and four children who survive him.

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Closed Police Accountability Cases

Glendening et. al v. Howard et. al

This class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of individuals being held pretrial while on the waitlist for an evaluation or treatment bed at Larned State Hospital. The case was settled in 2024 with Kansas state officials agreeing to increase the number of treatment beds and address inadequate staffing levels and underfunding that has led to people being held in jail pretrial for longer than they would face in prison if they were convicted.

Bartie v. LaSalle et. al

Javon Kennerson was 37 years old when he died in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, while incarcerated at Catahoula Correctional Center, a private prison facility operated by LaSalle Corrections, LLC. This case, filed by Mr. Kennerson’s mother, was withdrawn in 2023 when LaSalle Corrections discovered that Mr. Kennerson had a minor child who would have been the proper plaintiff under Louisiana Law.

Renney v. Alabama Department of Corrections

Joseph Allen Renney is a diabetic man who is incarcerated by the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) in its Limestone Correctional Facility.  In early 2021, Mr. Renney developed a diabetic ulcer on his left big toe. Medical neglect by employees of the prison’s private medical contractor Wexler Health Sources, resulted in an infection and consequent amputation that left Mr. Renney in a wheelchair. This case was settled by ADOC in 2026.

Lewis v. City of Rosenberg

67-year-old Michael Lewis and 57-year-old Regina Armstead were stopped by five Rosenberg Police Department officers who mistook their vehicle for a group of teenagers that had brandished a gun at several children. The officers held the elderly couple at gunpoint, ordered them to the ground, and damaged Mr. Lewis’s dialysis stent. The case was decided in 2026.