Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada Voulentters

This client alleges that corrections officers incited other inmates to harass and attack him. He sustained injuries from the attack and now suffers from nerve damage. According to the client, the officers took his personal property away and destroyed it without the appeal process. The client needs an attorney to represent him to recover for the damages he sustained.

This client alleges an Eight Amendment violation against corrections staff for deliberate indifference to his serious medical condition and failure to provide appropriate treatment. He further alleges he has suffered and will continue to suffer harm due to the defendant’s excessive delay in treatment. 

This client claims his constitutional rights were violated when jailers were indifferent to his serious medical needs while he was detained at Washoe County Detention Facility. He alleges that he was denied medical attention for a head injury, medications, and proper clothing and blankets for the winter.

Client seeks help with a breach of contract case following a car accident. The case is currently stayed. Plaintiff is a senior citizen. The client has two insurance policies a $500,000 accident policy which included underinsured motor vehicles and an additional umbrella policy. The client believes these policies covered her during the accident and sued in the 8th Judicial Court of Nevada. The defendants removed the case to federal court based on diversity jurisdiction. After the removal, clients attorney withdrew from the matter. Client has subsequently suffered from a second motor vehicle accident resulting in additional injuries, and may need to file a second complaint or amend her current complaint. The client needs representation in the breach of contract claim.

An inmate requires assistance with his federal civil rights complaint against the state prison medical staff. He alleges that the medical staff did not help him when he was in extreme pain. This inmate needs an attorney to represent him.

Client has end stage kidney disease and has filed a 1983 claim involving adverse side effects of prescribed medication and deliberate indifference to medical treatment needs. This client needs an attorney to represent him.

This is a dispute over the guardianship, trust, and estate of plaintiff’s mother. Trust divided assets equally. Plaintiff believes she is entitled to punitive damages due to oppression and hardship caused by the original petitioner. This client needs an attorney to represent her.

This client alleges that corrections officers incited other inmates to harass and attack him. He sustained injuries from the attack and now suffers from nerve damage. According to the client, the officers took his personal property away and destroyed it without the appeal process. The client needs an attorney to represent him to recover for the damages he sustained.

After attending court, the client was standing in the CCDC holding rotunda when he was allegedly assaulted by a corrections officer, who allegedly slammed his head into the concrete while he was restrained and without provocation.  He is seeking damages for deliberate indifference, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence.

This client, who is a prisoner in custody of the Clark County Detention Center, filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983. He claims that correctional staff deliberately deprived him of his right to access the law library and the court under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. As a result, he could not conduct legal research and make copies of legal documents necessary for court. The trial is set for 2/24/2025.

This client, who is in custody, filed a civil rights complaint against correctional offers based on claims of unlawful confinement in ad segregation and alleges retaliation, including loss of his television set. He is seeking relief that includes a television set with a remote, as well as monetary compensation. He is demanding a jury trial.

This client, who is a prisoner in custody of Ely State Prison, filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983 for excessive force claims. Shortly after an incident where the client propelled urine onto correctional officers during a pill delivery, the client alleges that the responding correctional officers used excessive force during the cell extraction. While the client was initially combative, he complied during the restraint. However, despite his compliance, the correctional officers beat him several times, which resulted in a bloody eye socket, vision impairment, two black eyes, ear damage, and lacerations on his ankles. The client requests 11.3 million dollars in civil damages.