NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge held yesterday that Justice Lab client Nia Mills could proceed to trial in her case against West Baton Rouge Sheriff Officers Allen Connelly, John Gaudet and other deputies for violating her Fourth Amendment rights. United States District Judge Brian A. Jackson held in two orders on November 21, 2024 that the West Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office is not entitled to qualified immunity, and that a jury should decide if officers unreasonably searched Ms. Mills’s phone, car, purse, and laptop; invaded her privacy; and seized her car and money.
