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Matt García

@mattgarcia.bsky.social

civil rights attorney, liminalist, flaneur, sunday poet. all dogs go to heaven. SATX san quilmas.

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"Taming the Kangaroos" by Matt Garcia Low-level state courts frequently disregard federal law. And though the judgments of these courts have profound legal consequence for millions of Americans, they receive little oversight. Rather than ...

Federal law requires a 30day notice before eviction for millions of tenants. But landlords regularly violate tenants’ rights while eviction court judges ignore the law

#housing #evictions #rent #homelessness

My article in the Mich Journal of Law Reform:
repository.law.umich.edu/mjlr/vol58/i...

07.09.2025 16:27 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How One Man Beat Caltrans In Small Claims Court When Caltrans destroyed his belongings during an encampment sweep, Patrick Hogan took them to small claims court—and won.

One man stood up to #homeless sweeps—and won.

Inner City Law Center is proud to stand with our #unhoused neighbors as they fight for the #housingjustice and the dignity they deserve.

Read more by Stephen Oduntan at @invisiblepeople.tv invisiblepeople.tv/how-one-man-...

27.08.2025 06:20 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

THREAD. A little good news about the importance of civil rights lawyers, especially in times of rising authoritarianism.

11.03.2025 15:56 — 👍 61    🔁 21    💬 1    📌 3

I think this was a blip. I submitted a couple public information requests to SA recently for a list of designated places where it is legal to camp, came back “no responsive documents”

21.08.2024 13:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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