Easha Anand is an assistant professor of law at Stanford Law School and co-director of Stanford’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic. She represents criminal defendants, noncitizens, civil rights plaintiffs, workers, and consumers in Supreme Court and appellate cases around the country. Easha is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law and served as law clerk on the Ninth Circuit and to Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the United States Supreme Court.
Featured Cases
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Hope v. Harris
Advocating for the Rights of the Incarcerated
Dennis Wayne Hope spent 27 years in solitary confinement as an act of retaliation by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The MacArthur Justice Center represents Mr. Hope to combat the incredibly damaging and cruel usage of solitary confinement – particularly long-term – as punishment.
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Eaton v. Blewett
Advocating for the Rights of the Incarcerated
In July 2020, Aaron Eaton, who was sexually abused as a young Boy Scout, had the opportunity to become a plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America on behalf of thousands of survivors of abuse. But when legal mail that Mr. Eaton needed to secure his spot as a plaintiff arrived...
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Finch v. Rapp
Police Abuse
Andrew Finch, a 28-year-old father of two young children, was shot to death with a sniper rifle by Wichita Police Officer Justin Rapp less than 10 seconds after Andrew stepped out on his front porch. Andrew had committed no crime. He was not armed. He had not threated the officers or anyone else. In fact,...
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Timpa v. Dillard
Police Abuse
Instead of being helping Tony Timpa after he called the 911 due to a mental health crisis, responding officers from the Dallas Police Department (DPD) applied bodily force to his chest until he asphyxiated and suffocated him to death. The MacArthur Justice Center is fighting to ensure police departments, like DPD, are answerable for their systemic failures to protect and serve the communities they swore an oath to instead of shielding officers from culpability with the qualified immunity doctrine.
Featured Media
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Solitary confinement is still widespread in US prisons and jails
Al Jazeera June 27, 2023 -
The Box: 27 years in solitary confinement
Al Jazeera Fault Lines June 27, 2023 -
MacArthur Supreme Court Win Highlights Broader Strategy Success
Bloomberg Law April 6, 2022 -
Incarcerated man wins challenge to Arizona Department of Corrections media policy
AZ Central January 28, 2022