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New Hampshire Legal Assistance files lawsuit against DMV to protect rights of legal non-citizen NH residents

March 23, 2005 Concord, NH – A legal team led by New Hampshire Legal Assistance (NHLA) filed suit today in Federal District Court against the NH Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) charging that DMV regulations and practices discriminate against legal non-citizen New Hampshire residents.

NHLA wins Supreme Court Decision on Unemployment Benefits.

On January 27,2003, the New Hampshire Supreme Court issued a decision on the Appeal of Kerry Tennis. The Court unanimously ruled that the NH Dept. of Employment Security(DES) improperly denied unemployment benefits to Mr. Tennis, a client of NH Legal Assistance.

The decision is an important ruling assisting unemployed workers, particularly workers who receive a severance package when they are terminated from employment.

NHLA seeks judicial protection for abused & neglected children.

A team of lawyers, including Ken Barnes of New Hampshire Legal Assistance, asked the federal court in Concord to order the State of New Hampshire to reform its child protection system, as the state had agreed 5 1/2 years ago.

In a lawsuit known as Eric L. ,the lawyers represent a class of children who have been abused or neglected. The suit was brought against the state Division of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF). In a motion filed in court on January 16, 2003, the plaintiffs asked the court to find that DCYF has failed to comply with a settlement agreement entered into in 1997. Plaintiffs are asking the court to order the state to take prompt action to bring itself into compliance with its legal obligations.

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