Glen Allen Files Notice of Appeal From District Court’s Dismissal Of His Complaint Against SPLC

Glen Allen Files Notice of Appeal From District Court’s Dismissal Of His Complaint Against SPLC

On December 10, 2019, Glen Allen filed a timely notice of appeal to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals from the Maryland District Court’s dismissal of his complaint against the SPLC and two of its officers, Heidi Beirich and Mark Potok.

Maryland District Court Dismisses Glen Allen’s Complaint Against SPLC; Allen Will Appeal

Maryland District Court Dismisses Glen Allen’s Complaint Against SPLC; Allen Will Appeal

On November 13, 2019, Judge Katherine Blake dismissed Glen Allen’s complaint against Heidi Beirich and the Southern Poverty Law Center.  Allen had filed his complaint in the federal court in December 2018., alleging nine counts, including claims under the Racketeer and Corrupt Organizations (“RICO”) statute and common law claims for tortious interference and defamation.  After the SPLC defendants moved to…

FEF Files Amicus Brief In Fourth Circuit RAM Case

FEF Files Amicus Brief In Fourth Circuit RAM Case

On October 8, 2019, FEF filed an amicus brief in the federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the Rise Above Movement defendants who had been prosecuted under the Anti-Riot Act for their participation in the Charlottesville, Virginia, Unite the Right Rally.  At the trial court, the defendants, under intense pressure and in difficult prison conditions, had agreed…

FEF’s First Amicus Brief Accepted In California Rise Above Movement Case

FEF’s First Amicus Brief Accepted In California Rise Above Movement Case

On May 31, 2019, Judge Cormac Carney granted FEF’s application to file its amicus (Friend of the Court) brief in the United States v. Rundo, et al. prosecution in the federal District Court for the Central District of California.  This Rundo case is one of two federal prosecutions of Rise Above Movement (“RAM”) members under the federal Anti-Riot Act (the…

Maryland Attorney Sues SPLC in Defense of Free Expression

Maryland Attorney Sues SPLC in Defense of Free Expression

A prominent attorney in Baltimore, Md. has filed a landmark lawsuit in federal court against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), one of its officers, Heidi Beirich, and a former officer, Mark Potok. Glen Allen alleges that the two, in the course of orchestrating Allen’s dismissal from his position as an attorney with the Baltimore City Law Department, committed numerous…

FEF Helps ‘Charlottesville 4’ With Legal Research

FEF Helps ‘Charlottesville 4’ With Legal Research

In October 2018, following national publicity generated from Propublica articles, four members of the Rise Above Movement (“RAM”) who had attended the Charlottesville demonstrations in August 2017 were arrested by federal authorities in California. These young men were charged with conspiracy to riot under 18 U.S.C. 371 and travel with intent to riot under 18 U.S.C. 2101, felonies that carry…

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