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Keith Dillon

When Keith Dillon filed a lawsuit against a prison warden and six guards in Louisiana in connection with a severe, debilitating beating he suffered in 2005, the district court threw the case out. The court said Dillon had failed to, first, try an administrative remedy. But, no such thing had been available to him and, when Public Justice took that argument to a federal appeals court, the higher court agreed.

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Inderjit Singh

Inderjit Singh was denied a job as a shuttle bus driver by Air Serv Corporation because he wears a turban and beard, as required by his Sikh religion.

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EPA Warned of Dangerous 'Wet Method' of Asbestos Removal

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is being misled by reports that endorse an asbestos removal technique that is both a sham and a danger to public health and safety, so says an urgent letter to the EPA administrator from Public Justice and seven environmental, public interest advocacy and trade organizations.

The groups' May 19th letter, spearheaded by Public Justice Environmental Enforcement Director Jim Hecker, raises red flags about reports vouching for the asbestos abatement method commonly called the "wet method," in which the asbestos is hosed down with water as a structure is demolished.

The letter noted that EPA staff reviews of the draft have uncovered "factual errors, failures to follow EPA procedures, and apparent inconsistences with EPA regulations and policies." Yet, the agency's Office of Research and Development "is still pushing the [wet] method," the letter says.

Read the full letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson.