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Case Name	United States v. Puerto Rico	PN-PR-0001
Docket / Court	3:12-cv-02039 ( D.P.R. )
State/Territory	Puerto Rico
Case Type(s)	Policing
Attorney Organization	U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

Constitutional Clause

Equal Protection

Freedom of speech/association

Unreasonable search and seizure

Content of Injunction

Auditing

Develop anti-discrimination policy

Follow recruitment, hiring, or promotion protocols

Goals and Timekeeping

Implement complaint/dispute resolution process

Monitor/Master

Monitoring

Other requirements regarding hiring, promotion, retention

Provide antidiscrimination training

Recordkeeping

Reporting

Retaliation Prohibition

Defendant-type

Law-enforcement

Discrimination-basis

National origin discrimination

General

Aggressive behavior

Disparate Impact

Disparate Treatment

Excessive force

Failure to discipline

Failure to supervise

Failure to train

Inadequate citizen complaint investigations and procedures

Incident/accident reporting & investigations

Pattern or Practice

Pepper/OC spray

Record-keeping

Search policies

National Origin/Ethnicity

Other

Plaintiff Type

U.S. Dept of Justice plaintiff

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 14141

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	Puerto Rico
Plaintiff Description	United States government, following an investigation by the Department of Justice of the polices and practices of the Puerto Rico Police Department
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Settlement
Order Duration	2013 - n/a
Filing Year	2012
Case Ongoing	Yes

Additional Resources

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	Data examining the Department of Justice's civil rights investigations of local and state police departments Marshall Project Date: Jan. 17, 2017 By: Tom Meagher (Marshall Project) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	The Civil Rights Division’s Pattern and Practice Police Reform Work: 1994-Present https://www.justice.gov/ Date: Jan. 4, 2017 By: U.S. Department of Justice [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	An Interactive Guide to the Civil Rights Division’s Police Reforms https://www.justice.gov/ Date: Jan. 4, 2017 By: U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division (U.S. Department of Justice) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	What Happens When Police Are Forced to Reform? Date: Nov. 13, 2015 By: Kimbriell Kelly, Sarah Childress and Steven Rich (Frontline/Post) Citation: Washington Post (Nov. 13, 2015) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	Federal Enforcement of Police Reform Date: 2014 By: Stephen Rushin (University of Illinois College of Law, University of California, Berkeley - Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program Faculty) Citation: 82 Fordham Law Review 3189 (2014) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]

Documents

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Docket(s)

3:12-cv-2039 (D.P.R.)
PN-PR-0001-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 08/09/2016
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Findings Letter PN-PR-0001-0001.pdf \| External Link \| Detail Date: 09/05/2011 Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Special Litigation Section
DOJ Executive Summary PN-PR-0001-0004.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/05/2011 Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Special Litigation Section
Investigación de la Policía de Puerto Rico [Findings Report (Spanish)] PN-PR-0001-0020.pdf \| External Link \| Detail Date: 09/05/2011 Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Special Litigation Section
Complaint [ECF# 1] PN-PR-0001-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 12/21/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Agreement for the Sustainable Reform of the Puerto Rico Police Department [ECF# 2-1] PN-PR-0001-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 12/21/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Acuerdo para la Reforma Sostenible de la Policía de Puerto Rico [Agreement for the Sustainable Reform of the Puerto Rico Police Department (Spanish)] [ECF# 2-1] PN-PR-0001-0021.pdf \| External Link \| Detail Date: 12/21/2012
Order [ECF# 7] (D.P.R.) PN-PR-0001-0011.pdf \| External Link \| Detail Date: 12/30/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Brief of Amicus Curiae in Support of Puerto Rico as an Incorporated Territory of the United States [ECF# 26-2] PN-PR-0001-0006.pdf \| Detail Date: 03/26/2013 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Brief of the American Civil Liberties Union as Amicus Curiae [ECF# 27] PN-PR-0001-0005.pdf \| Detail Date: 04/01/2013 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Agreement for the Sustainable Reform of the Puerto Rico Police Department [Second] [ECF# 57-1] PN-PR-0001-0007.pdf \| Detail Date: 07/17/2013 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Minutes of Proceedings and Order [ECF# 58] (D.P.R.) PN-PR-0001-0012.pdf \| External Link \| Detail Date: 07/17/2013 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Judgment [ECF# 61] (D.P.R.) PN-PR-0001-0008.pdf \| Detail Date: 07/17/2013 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order [Approving Selection of Technical Compliance Advisor] [ECF# 86] (D.P.R.) PN-PR-0001-0009.pdf \| Detail Date: 10/30/2013 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Motion Submitting PRPD’S Progress Report on the Agreement on the Sustainable Reform [ECF# 159] PN-PR-0001-0010.pdf \| Detail Date: 08/01/2014 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Motion to File First Sixth Month Report [ECF# 203] PN-PR-0001-0013.pdf \| Detail Date: 02/09/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
United States' Supplement to the First Six-Month Report of the Technical Compliance Advisor, June 6 - December 6, 2014 [ECF# 212] PN-PR-0001-0017.pdf \| Detail Date: 03/13/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order [ECF# 213] (D.P.R.) PN-PR-0001-0018.pdf \| Detail Date: 03/17/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Six-Month Report of the Technical Compliance Advisor December 7, 2014 - June 7, 2015 [ECF# 245] PN-PR-0001-0019.pdf \| Detail Date: 07/10/2015
Joint Response to the Six-Month Report of the Technical Compliance Advisor, December 7, 2014 - June 7, 2015 [ECF# 271-1] PN-PR-0001-0014.pdf \| Detail Date: 10/29/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Six-Month Report of the Technical Compliance Advisor [ECF# 306] PN-PR-0001-0015.pdf \| Detail Date: 02/01/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
United States' Response to the Six-Month Report of the Technical Compliance Advisor, June 8 2015 - December 8, 2015 [ECF# 334] PN-PR-0001-0016.pdf \| Detail Date: 03/07/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People

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Judges	Gelpi, Gustavo Antonio Jr. (D.P.R.) PN-PR-0001-0009 \| PN-PR-0001-0011 \| PN-PR-0001-0012 \| PN-PR-0001-0018 \| PN-PR-0001-9000
Monitors/Masters	, PN-PR-0001-0013 \| PN-PR-0001-0019
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Austin, Roy L. (District of Columbia) PN-PR-0001-0002 \| PN-PR-0001-0003 \| PN-PR-0001-0007 \| PN-PR-0001-0021
	Buehler, Brian D. (District of Columbia) PN-PR-0001-0014 \| PN-PR-0001-0016 \| PN-PR-0001-0017 \| PN-PR-0001-9000
	Garcia, Lynda (District of Columbia) PN-PR-0001-9000
	Gupta, Vanita (District of Columbia) PN-PR-0001-0014 \| PN-PR-0001-0017
	Holder, Eric H. Jr. (District of Columbia) PN-PR-0001-0007
	Lopez, Zazy I (District of Columbia) PN-PR-0001-0007 \| PN-PR-0001-0014 \| PN-PR-0001-0017 \| PN-PR-0001-9000
	Lopez, Christy (District of Columbia) PN-PR-0001-0014
	Perez, Sergio (District of Columbia) PN-PR-0001-0002 \| PN-PR-0001-0003 \| PN-PR-0001-0007 \| PN-PR-0001-0021 \| PN-PR-0001-9000
	Perez, Thomas E. (District of Columbia) PN-PR-0001-0002 \| PN-PR-0001-0003 \| PN-PR-0001-0007 \| PN-PR-0001-0021
	Preston, Judith C. (District of Columbia) PN-PR-0001-0014
	Saucedo, Luis E. (District of Columbia) PN-PR-0001-0002 \| PN-PR-0001-0003 \| PN-PR-0001-0007 \| PN-PR-0001-0014 \| PN-PR-0001-0016 \| PN-PR-0001-0017 \| PN-PR-0001-0021 \| PN-PR-0001-9000
	Smith, Jonathan Mark (District of Columbia) PN-PR-0001-0002 \| PN-PR-0001-0003 \| PN-PR-0001-0007 \| PN-PR-0001-0017 \| PN-PR-0001-0021
	Trepel, Samantha Kay (District of Columbia) PN-PR-0001-0002 \| PN-PR-0001-0003 \| PN-PR-0001-0021 \| PN-PR-0001-9000
	West, Tony (District of Columbia) PN-PR-0001-0007
Defendant's Lawyers	Annexy-Guevara, Beatriz (Puerto Rico) PN-PR-0001-0010 \| PN-PR-0001-0014 \| PN-PR-0001-9000
	De Jesus Annoni, Gerardo A. (Puerto Rico) PN-PR-0001-0007 \| PN-PR-0001-9000
	Del Valle Cruz, Carlos A. (Puerto Rico) PN-PR-0001-0007 \| PN-PR-0001-9000
	Marxuach Torros, Gilberto J (Puerto Rico) PN-PR-0001-0007
	Sanchez Betances, Luis (Puerto Rico) PN-PR-0001-0007
	Torres-Ortiz, Joel (Puerto Rico) PN-PR-0001-9000
Other Lawyers	Gonzalez-Ortiz, Josue (Puerto Rico) PN-PR-0001-0005 \| PN-PR-0001-9000
	Igartua, Gregorio (Puerto Rico) PN-PR-0001-0006 \| PN-PR-0001-9000
	Inserni-Milam, Frank D. (Puerto Rico) PN-PR-0001-9000
	Klugman, Maura M (New York) PN-PR-0001-0005
	Lindblom, Marjorie P. (New York) PN-PR-0001-0005
	Ramirez-Hernandez, William (Puerto Rico) PN-PR-0001-0005
	Vargas-Acosta, Nora (Puerto Rico) PN-PR-0001-0005
	Wizner, Ben (New York) PN-PR-0001-0005
	Yanez, Leopoldo J (New York) PN-PR-0001-0005

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