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South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v. South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice — 4th Cir. (Sep 14, 2026)

No. 25-1032 Argued September 14, 2026 Published September 29, 2026

Three advocacy groups say children held in South Carolina's juvenile justice facilities face violence, isolation, and inadequate education and mental-health care. They sued the state juvenile justice department and its director in 2022, seeking changes across five facilities. The district court dismissed the case without deciding whether those conditions violated the law. A three-judge appeals panel upheld that dismissal, but the Fourth Circuit granted rehearing before the full court. Now the judges ask whether the groups can sue for injuries to the children or to their own work, and whether some claims became moot after children left custody.

South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v. South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (No. 25-1032) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, argued September 14, 2026.

Sources
Argument audio — Fourth Circuit (public domain, 17 U.S.C. § 105):https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/25-1032-20260914.mp3
Docket, argument date and counsel — Fourth Circuit:https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/oral-argument/oral-argument-audio-files
District court dismissal order:https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/south-carolina/scdce/0:2022cv01338/271493/182/
Three-judge panel opinion — Fourth Circuit:https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/251032.p.pdf
Order granting full-court rehearing — Fourth Circuit:https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/251032R1.U.pdf
Organizations' filed appeal brief:https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/south-carolina-naacp-v-south-carolina-department-of-juvenile-justice-appellant-brief.pdf
Department's filed appeal brief:https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/south-carolina-naacp-v-south-carolina-department-of-juvenile-justice-appellee-brief.pdf
PAIMI authority — 42 U.S.C. § 10805:https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/42/10805
Civil-rights action — 42 U.S.C. § 1983:https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/42/1983

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