SCPIF Challenges Unconstitutional SLED License Plate Readers
The Policing Project at the New York University School of Law, SCPIF and John Sloan have teamed up to challenge SLED’s use of Unconstitutional license plate reader cameras and maintaining a database with 150 million individual reads without statutory authority or governing regulations. The Circuit Court has already heard arguments on cross-motions for summary judgment. On May 13, the Circuit Court granted summary judgment to the Defendants; on May 22, Plaintiffs filed a Motion to Alter or Amend the Judgment. This motion was unopposed.
The Court recently granted the motion, and SCPIF has filed a Notice of Appeal. At the current moment, we have filed our initial brief, with the Cato Institute additionally filing an Amicus Brief on our behalf. The respondents now have until early July to pen their response....