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Finalizing Plans for an Upcoming Civil Rights Event
CAIR-Chicago's Civil Rights Department is finalizing plans for an upcoming event that is being co-sponsored by the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (JCUA) and the National Lawyers Guild (NLG).
CAIR-Chicago Assists with License Suspension Issue
CAIR-Chicago's Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham assisted a client in clearing up confusion surrounding a possible investigation pertaining to his license suspension.
Second Status Hearing for Citizenship Delay Case
CAIR-Chicago attorney Heena Musabji represented a citizenship delay client at his second status hearing at the Dirksen Federal Building
5 More Citizenship Delay Clients Undergoing Re-interview Process
3 individuals from CAIR-Chicago’s citizenship delay law suit against various governmental agencies were asked to come in for an update interview with USCIS yesterday.
CAIR-Chicago Appeals Administrative Ruling
CAIR-Chicago's Civil Rights Extern Amy Chiang, under the supervision of Attorney Rima Kapitan, filed a substantive appeal on the corrected case concerning a man pulled over for an alleged traffic violation and later experiencing derogatory comments from officers at the police station.
CAIR-Chicago Attends Hate Crime Court Hearing
CAIR-Chicago's Legal Advisor Maaria Mozaffar accompanied a client at a court hearing concerning a young man assaulting a Muslim boy.
CAIR-Chicago at CBA/CBF Pro Bono & Community Service Fair
CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator attended the Chicago Bar Association and Chicago Bar Foundation Pro Bono Fair.
Citizenship Delay Status Hearing
CAIR-Chicago's attorney Heena Musabji attended a status hearing for a citizenship delay case at the Dirksen Federal Building.
CAIR-Chicago Rejects Settlement Offer
CAIR-Chicago's attorney Rima Kapitan attended a status hearing on behalf of a Muslim man seeking to correct a clerical error through a "nunc pro tunc" order.
Citizenship Delay Status Hearing on an Individual Case
CAIR-Chicago’s Attorney Heena Musabji attended a status hearing for an individual Citizenship Delay Complaint Case.
CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Attends Chicago Bar Foundation Legal Aid Committee Meeting
CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham attended the Chicago Bar Foundation's Legal Aid Committee Meeting.
CAIR-Chicago Attorney Attends Citizenship Delay Class Action Status Hearing
CAIR-Chicago Attorney Heena Musabji attended the third status hearing at the Dirksen Federal Building for the pending Citizenship Delay class action suit
CAIR-Chicago Attorney Conducts Initial Meeting with Opposing Party in Employment Discrimination Case
CAIR-Chicago Attorney Rima Kapitan met with the opposing party regarding a case of employment discrimination.
Two Citizenship Delay Class Action Plaintiffs Sworn-in as U.S. Citizens
One hundred and forty three people from 42 different countries packed the courtroom in the federal building and became citizens of the United States of America.
Village Meeting Passes Recommendation on Eliminating Discriminatory Parking Ban
Lombard Community members came to an agreement that the current parking ban unfairly targets Muslims and should be reformed.
U.S. District Court Congratulates CAIR-Chicago
CAIR-Chicago’s Attorney Heena Musabji received a notice from the U.S. District Court Office congratulating one of our Plaintiffs on recently becoming a U.S. Citizen.
CAIR-Chicago Attorney Attends Subpoena Hearing
CAIR-Chicago’s Attorney Rima Kapitan attended a hearing in Circuit Court concerning a subpoena asking for irrelevant information in a case regarding Academic Freedom.
CAIR-Chicago Attorney Represents Muslim in Case Against Chicago Police
CAIR-Chicago Attorney Rima Kapitan represented a man in court appealing citations he received that resulted in the suspension of his chauffeur's license.
Another Citizenship Delay Case Resolved
Another Muslim man was sworn in after having experienced almost a two and half year delay in obtaining his citizenship.
Civil Rights Intern Meets with National Lawyers Guild Representative
CAIR-Chicago's Civil Rights Intern Samina Sulemanjee met with Ryann Zalewski, an Executive Board Member of the National Lawyers Guild Chicago chapter (NLG), to discuss the planning of a speaker-panel event in November.

