Daily News | New Jersey AG sues Millville over alleged discrimination against Latino people in municipal court
The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday that it had filed a lawsuit against the City of Millville in Cumberland County, alleging discrimination last year by the local municipal court against Latino people when scheduling court appearances.
A months-long investigation by the Division on Civil Rights “corroborated Judge Witcher’s allegation that the Millville Municipal Court required litigants who were or were perceived to be Spanish-speaking to appear in person and thereby denied these litigants equal access to virtual court proceedings,” the complaint states.Raymond Compari, Millville’s city administrator, said he could not comment because the matter involved pending litigation.
What Witcher alleged was “deeply concerning and warrant[ed] a thorough, careful review,” the administrative arm of the state judiciary said. In its complaint filed Tuesday, the Division on Civil Rights said it reviewed the findings of the Administrative Office of the Court. Before the start of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, people needing a Spanish-language interpreter were scheduled to appear on one of two Mondays each month because that was when the interpreter was available.
It also appeared that “scheduling may not have been based only on litigants’ actual need for interpreting services, but also may have been based on surname or other indicators of national origin,” according to the complaint.
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