Active First Amendment

DOJ Investigation of Poetica Coffee & Parviz Mukhamadkulov

FILED
July 8, 2026

STATUS
Active

Summary

What this Case is About

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), alongside co-counsel Jonathan Wallace, are representing Parviz Mukhamadkulov, owner of Poetica Coffee in New York City, after the U.S. Department of Justice launched a frivolous civil rights investigation in response to his social media post criticizing Rep. Dan Goldman’s pro-Israel voting record.

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