Professor Danielle Jefferis was solicited to serve as amicus curiae in four distinct cases, each of which draws on her research and expertise.
Filyaw v. Corsi (8th Circuit)
The amicus brief filed December 18, 2024, asserts the lower court ruling improperly re-wrote 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to include a de facto statute of limitations, which defies statutory text, congressional intent, and Supreme Court caselaw.
Daley v. Choate (10th Circuit)
The amicus brief filed December 19, 2024, asserts that longstanding practice establishes that federal habeas corpus proceedings are "civil actions" within the meaning of the Equal Access to Justice Act.
Branson v. Washington Fine Wine & Spirits LLC (Washington Supreme Court)
The amicus brief filed December 30, 2024, asserts that state wage transparency law serves to address longstanding discrimination and inequities in pay and employment opportunities and should, thus, be interpreted consistently with its statutory language.
Perttu v. Richards (Supreme Court of the United States)
The amicus brief filed January 21, 2025, on behalf of law professors who have studied, taught, and written about prisoner litigation and rights to jury trials, asserts that Congress did not intend for the Prison Litigation Reform Act to limit incarcerated litigants’ Seventh Amendment right to jury determinations on factual issues, including those that are relevant to both the merits of the underlying claims and the litigants’ exhaustion of administrative remedies.