Special Collection: COVID-19 (novel coronavirus)

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COVID-19 virus

These cases address the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic over a wide range of areas, such as COVID-19 protections (e.g. social distancing, vaccine requirements, releases) in jails, prisons, and immigration detention centers; distribution of funds from the CARES Act; voting rights; and restrictions imposed by lockdown orders.

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Barbecho v. Decker

1:20-cv-02821 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: 2020

JAIL CONDITIONS

CODING IN PROCESS

People ex rel. Harpaz o/b/o Vance v. Brann

260203/2020 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs alleged that they had been denied the right to enter a specific program because transfers to state cu…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers v. Newsom

S261827 | California state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Closed Date: May 4, 2020

On April 24, 2020, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, and the Youth Justice Coalition started this case by filing a petition in the Calif…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

CODING IN PROCESS

Florida Education Association v. Desantis

2020-015211-CA-01 | Florida state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

(There's no summary yet, while we research the case.)

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo

20-cv-04844 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

This case went all the way to SCOTUS (https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/26/politics/supreme-court-religious-restrictions-ruling-covid/index.html), please be sure to capture all of the appellate information…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

League of Women Voters of Alabama v. Merrill

03-CV-2020-900702 | Alabama state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/12/2020, Facts: The …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Bray v. Griswold

20CV195 | Colorado state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 5, 2020, Diana…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Ritchie v. Polis

2020CV31708 | Colorado state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 01, 2020, On M…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Schneider v. Griswold

20CV31415 | Colorado state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 1, 2020, The E…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Rapini v. Merrill

HHB-CV20-6060234-S | Connecticut state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 11/19/2020, In May 2020,…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

League of Women Voters of Delaware v. Delaware Department of Elections

2020-0761 | Delaware state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 10/22/2020, This action …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

American Federation of Teachers v. Gardner

216-2020-CV-00570 | New Hampshire state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of October 7, 2020, New Ham…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

05771 CVCV060642 | Iowa state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of November 7, 2020, After …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

LULAC of Iowa v. Pate

06521-CVCV081901 | Iowa state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of October 6, 2020, Iowa do…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

03971 EQCV193154 | Iowa state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 6, 2020, The T…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

20-cv-95986 | Iowa state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 1, 2020, Plain…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

06521 CVCV081957 | Iowa state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 16, 2020, The …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Sterne v. Adams

20-CI-00538 | Kentucky state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 6, 2020, KY is…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Alliance for Retired Americans v. Dunlap

CV-20-95 | Maine state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of November 9, 2020, Plaint…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Gusciora v. McGreevey

MER-L-2691-04 | New Jersey state appellate court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 1, 2020, Plain…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

State of New Mexico v. Oliver

S-1-SC-38228 | New Mexico state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 1, 2020, Petit…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Bertin v. Galvin

SJ-2020-0520 | Massachusetts state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, Massachusett…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Brady v. State Ballot Law Commission

SJ-2020-0321 | Massachusetts state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, Petitioner H…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Grossman v. Galvin

SJC-12996 | Massachusetts state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 11/06/2020, For its Sept…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Fair and Equal Michigan v. Benson

20-000095-MM | Michigan state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

Add to the Summary:NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 11/19…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

NAACP Minnesota v. Simon

62-CV-20-3625 | Minnesota state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 1, 2020, The C…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Oppenheim v. Watson

25CH1:20-cv-00961 | Mississippi state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 8, 2020, Plain…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Hawatmeh v. New York State Board of Elections

903484-2020 | New York state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 5, 2020, Petit…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Jasikoff v. Commissioners of the Westchester County Board of Elections

1376/2020 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 5, 2020, Petit…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Mejia v. Board of Elections in the City of New York

260287/20 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 5, 2020, Josel…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Mujumder v. Board of Elections in the City of New York

260286/20 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 5, 2020, Petit…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Puliafito v. Board of Elections in the City of New York

100432-2020 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/06/2020, Seawright fi…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

705011/2020 | New York state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, After Govern…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

705013/2020 | New York state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, After Govern…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Advance N.C. v. North Carolina

20CV-02965 | North Carolina state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, North Caroli…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Chambers v. North Carolina

20CVS500124 | North Carolina state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/06/2020, Plaintiffs w…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v. North Carolina State Board of Elections

20-CVS-05035 | North Carolina state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, Plaintiffs, …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Stringer v. North Carolina

20-CVS-05615 | North Carolina state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/06/2020, The suit cha…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Delisle v. Boockvar

319-MD-2020 | Pennsylvania state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 5, 2020, The c…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Disability Rights Pennsylvania v. Boockvar

83-MM-2020 | Pennsylvania state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 5, 2020, Disa…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Brockman v. LaRose

20-CV-2105 | Ohio state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, Plaintiffs, …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Ohio Democratic Party v. LaRose

20CV005634 | Ohio state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 10/10/2020, The Ohio Dem…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Ohio ex rel. Ohio Democratic Party v. LaRose

2020-0388 | Ohio state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/05/2020, After Ohio D…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Ohio ex rel. Speweik v. Wood County Board of Elections

2020-0382 | Ohio state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, Facts/Claims…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Manning v. Rogers

MA-118774 | Oklahoma state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/05/2020, Facts/claim…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

CODING IN PROCESS

Levonas v. Hillsborough County School Board

20-CA-006452 | Florida state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

In re: Extension of Time for Absentee and Mail-in Ballots

20-cv-03416 | Delaware state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/05/2020, The Delaware…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

In re: Extension of time for Absentee and Mail-in Ballots

2020-02322-37 | Pennsylvania state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of December 20, 2020, Due t…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

In re: Extension of time for Absentee and Mail-in Ballots

2020-0641 | Pennsylvania state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 5, 2020, Facts…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference v. Boockvar

364-MD-2020 | Pennsylvania state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 16, 2020, Plai…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Walker v. Barnett

4:20-cv-04059 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 10/15/2020, Plaintiff st…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

20-0729 | Texas state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 10/18/2020, The issue in…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Texas v. Hollins

14-20-00627-CV | Texas state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 11/19/2020, Texas, throu…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Alberto v. City of Roanoke

CL 20000997-00 | Virginia state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 10/22/2020, Two potentia…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Lean on McLean v. Showalter

CL20001959-00 | Virginia state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 11/19/2020, Tracy McLean…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Richmond for All v. Department of Elections

CL 20002432-00 | Virginia state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker.

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Seventh Congressional District Republican Committee. v. Virginia Department of Elections

CL 20001640-00 | Virginia state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/06/2020, In Virginia,…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

3:20-cv-00340 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of December 20, 2020, Class…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Jefferson v. Dane County

2020AP557-OA | Wisconsin state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 1, 2020, Petit…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Wisconsin Legislature v. Evers

2020AP000608 | Wisconsin state supreme court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 1, 2020, The W…

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DISABILITY RIGHTS

Department of Justice Settlement with Meijer, Inc. re: Vaccine Registration Portal

no docket | No Court

In the wake of the COVID pandemic, Meijer created an online portal for individuals to schedule vaccine appointments and get more information about the COVID-19 vaccination ("Vaccine Registration Port…

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DISABILITY RIGHTS

Department of Justice Settlement with Rite Aid Corporation re: Vaccine Registration Portal

None | No Court

In the wake of the COVID pandemic, Rite Aid created an online portal for individuals to schedule vaccine appointments and get more information about the COVID-19 vaccination ("Vaccine Registration Po…

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DISABILITY RIGHTS

Department of Justice Settlement with Hy-Vee, Inc. re: Vaccine Registration Portal

no docket | No Court

In the wake of the COVID pandemic, Hy-Vee created an online portal for individuals to schedule vaccine appointments and get more information about the COVID-19 vaccination ("Vaccine Registration Port…

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DISABILITY RIGHTS

Department of Justice Settlement with The Kroger Co. re: Vaccine Registration Portal

no docket | No Court

In the wake of the COVID pandemic, Kroger created an online portal for individuals to schedule vaccine appointments and get more information about the COVID-19 vaccination ("Vaccine Registration Port…

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DISABILITY RIGHTS

DOJ Investigation of CVS Pharmacy, Inc.

No Court

This is an out of court investigation initiated by the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division (DOJ) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The review was undertaken to de…

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DISABILITY RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

United States v. Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation

1:24-cv-02641 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Sept. 12, 2024

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) On September 12, 2024, the United States filed this lawsuit against the Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation, alleging that the defendant de…

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DISABILITY RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

United States v. MedStar Health, Inc.

1:24-cv-00302 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2024

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On January 30, 2024. the United States of America filed this lawsuit with the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The c…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT

State of Arizona v. City of Tucson

CV2022-011416 | Arizona state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a lawsuit filed by the Arizona Attorney General’s office against the City of Tucson, alleging discrimination regarding the city’s mandatory vaccination requirement and related conduct. In Aug…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Texas v. Walensky

6:22-cv-00013 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 22, 2022

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit challenged a Biden Administration order which implemented a wind-down of the Title 42 policy. This policy was put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent migrants from crossing …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Arizona v. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

6:22-cv-00885 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 3, 2022

Closed Date: June 14, 2023

This case concerns several states' challenge to the Biden Administration's decision to end a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) policy whereby migrants were summarily expelled to prevent further COVID…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Florida v. Walensky

8:22-cv-00718 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: March 29, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case where states challenged the power and authority of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Department fo Health and H…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Escalante v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

1:22-cv-00541 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 1, 2022

Closed Date: March 11, 2022

This is a putative class action lawsuit brought by medically vulnerable individuals in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody who were refused a COVID booster vaccine. On March 1, 202…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

CODING IN PROCESS

Van Duyne v. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

4:22-cv-00122 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 16, 2022

Closed Date: May 24, 2022

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) This lawsuit challenged the Center for Disease Control (CDC)'s airline mask mandate during the Covid-19 mask mandate.

DISABILITY RIGHTS

Seaman v. The Commonwealth of Virginia

3:22-cv-00006 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: Feb. 1, 2022

Closed Date: Dec. 16, 2022

This suit was filed in the Charlottesville Division of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia on February 1, 2022. The plaintiffs, a group of parents representing their children…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Shaikh v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

1:22-cv-00231 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2022

Closed Date: Feb. 25, 2022

This case, filed by the ACLU on behalf of five individuals in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers, sought to acquire mRNA COVID-19 vaccine boosters for eligible individuals in…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Abbott v. Biden

6:22-cv-00003 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Jan. 4, 2022

Closed Date: Jan. 3, 2024

This is a case about whether the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine requirement for non-federalized National Guardsmen violated the U.S. Constitution and federal law. On August 24, 2021, U.S. Se…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Feds for Medical Freedom v. Biden

3:21-cv-00356 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2021

Case Ongoing

On December 21, 2021, Feds for Medical Freedom, a non-profit membership organization of federal employees and contractors, sued the Biden administration over its order that required federal employees…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Texas v. Becerra

5:21-cv-00300 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 10, 2021

Closed Date: Feb. 2, 2024

This case concerns a legal challenge to the vaccine and masking requirements imposed in the federal educational Head Start Programs. On November 30, 2021, an Interim Final Rule with Comment, 86 Fed. …

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Florida v. Department of Health and Human Services

3:21-cv-02722 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Nov. 17, 2021

Closed Date: Feb. 4, 2022

This case is about whether the federal government can require Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers and suppliers to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. President Joe Biden announced in September 20…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Louisiana v. Becerra

3:21-cv-03970 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Nov. 15, 2021

Closed Date: Dec. 2, 2022

This case is about whether the federal government can require Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers and suppliers to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. President Joe Biden announced in September 20…

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PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING

State of Texas v. Becerra

2:21-cv-00229 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Nov. 15, 2021

Closed Date: Jan. 24, 2022

On November 15, 2021, the State of Texas and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (collectively, “Texas”) filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas to ch…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Missouri v. Biden

4:21-cv-01329 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Nov. 10, 2021

Closed Date: July 21, 2023

This case is about whether the federal government can require Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers and suppliers to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. President Joe Biden announced in September 20…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Kentucky v. Biden

3:21-cv-00055 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Nov. 4, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case is about whether the federal government can require federal government contractors to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. President Joe Biden signed an executive order in September 2021 that …

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT

Oklahoma v. Biden

5:21-cv-01069 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Nov. 4, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about President Biden's executive order requiring federal contractors' employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. On November 4, 2021, the state of Oklahoma, its governor, and its atto…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Georgia v. Biden

1:21-cv-00163 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Oct. 29, 2021

Closed Date: June 1, 2023

This case involved a challenge to President Biden’s Executive order 14042, titled Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, requiring federal departments an…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

State of Texas v. Biden

3:21-cv-00309 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 29, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging President Biden's Executive Order (EO 14042) requiring employees of federal contractors to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. On October 29, 2021, the Attorney General of Texas,…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Collins v. Meyers

1:21-cv-02713 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Oct. 7, 2021

Closed Date: Oct. 28, 2021

Resort Meeting Source, a Colorado-based event planning company and its CEO filed suit in the District of Colorado on October 7, 2021 against the Executive Director of the Colorado Office of Economic …

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JAIL CONDITIONS

CODING IN PROCESS

Agnew v. New York City Department of Corrections

813431/2021E | New York state supreme court

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 2021

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) In the fall of 2021, four pretrial detainees sued the New York City Department of Correction (DOC) for failing to comply with its duty to prov…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Campos v. Kijakazi

1:21-cv-05143 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 15, 2021

Closed Date: Nov. 20, 2023

On September 15, 2020, the plaintiffs filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, where it was assigned to Judge Rachel P. Kovner. The pl…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Brnovich v. Biden

2:21-cv-01568 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Sept. 14, 2021

Case Ongoing

On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced a broad plan to increase vaccination rates nationwide. The plan would require all employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their workforces were …

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Dr. A v. Hochul

1:21-cv-01009 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 13, 2021

Closed Date: Dec. 1, 2023

Several healthcare workers in New York brought this suit to enjoin the state of New York from enforcing its vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. The healthcare workers filed their suit on Septembe…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

3:21-cv-06960 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 8, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case is a class action lawsuit brought by an individual, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated. The plaintiff was incarcerated at the San Quentin State Prison (SQ) in San Quenti…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

United States v. Texas; Annunciation House v. Abbott

3:21-cv-00173 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case is about Texas Governor Greg Abbot's executive order that prevented anyone other than law-enforcement officials from transporting multiple categories of non-citizen migrants regardless of u…

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DISABILITY RIGHTS

Disability Rights South Carolina v. McMaster

3:21-cv-02728 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: Aug. 24, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about a South Carolina ban on public primary and secondary school mask mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2021, the South Carolina legislature passed its general budget, wh…

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DISABILITY RIGHTS

E.T. v. Governor Greg Abbott

1:21-cv-00717 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 17, 2021

Closed Date: Aug. 22, 2022

On August 17, 2021, Disability Rights Texas filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas challenging Governor Abbott's issuing of Executive Order GA-38 ("GA-38"), whic…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Health Freedom Defense Fund, Inc. v. Biden

8:21-cv-01693 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: July 12, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a challenge to Executive Order No. 13998, which required all persons to wear masks while "on conveyances" and at "transportation hubs" in the United States (colloquially known as the "Federal…

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Simpson-Vlach v. Michigan Department of Education

5:21-cv-11532 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 30, 2021

Closed Date: Feb. 20, 2024

This is a putative class action suit brought by and on behalf of children with disabilities who alleged that they did not get their educational needs met by their schools due to online learning durin…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Chatman v. Otani

1:21-cv-00268 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: June 9, 2021

Closed Date: Sept. 10, 2021

This class action lawsuit, brought in 2021 by persons incarcerated or detained in Hawai'i correctional facilities, alleged that the conditions in the state's jails and prisons during the COVID-19 pan…

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Campbell v. City of New York

1:21-cv-04056 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 6, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about an essential worker who was arrested by NYPD for violating curfew restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 3, 2020, the plaintiff was working as a food delivery driver …

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Hayes v. Rutledge

4:21-cv-00347 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: April 30, 2021

Closed Date: Jan. 31, 2024

After the Coronavirus pandemic emerged in early 2020, the US Federal Government mobilized to bolster the US economy by creating advanced tax credits, also known as stimulus payments. While Congress e…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Hampton v. State of California

3:21-cv-03058 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 27, 2021

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) This case concerns the handling of Covid-19 in prisons. In 2020, 122 untested individuals in the California Institute for Men (CIM) were transf…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

4:21-cv-00579 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 22, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about whether the Biden Administration’s order creating an exception to regulations expelling migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic for unaccompanied minors violated the Administrative…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Kinsley v. Blinken

1:21-cv-00962 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 7, 2021

Closed Date: Oct. 5, 2021

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On April 7, 2021, a large group of non-citizens, U.S.-citizen petitioners, association, and corporations filed this lawsuit against the State …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Wright v. Anderson

2:20-cv-03704 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: April 6, 2021

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This habeas petition was filed on April 6, 2020 by a group of immigration detainees with underlying medical conditions housed in the Essex County Correctional Facility or the Elizab…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Hanna v. Peters

2:21-cv-00493 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: April 1, 2021

Case Ongoing

On April 1, 2021, a pro se, incarcerated individual filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon against several Oregon Department of Corrections ("ODOC") officials, includ…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

CODING IN PROCESS

37-2021-00010648 | California state trial court

Filed Date: March 10, 2021

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) This is a class action lawsuit against the San Diego County Sheriff alleging that conditions in San Diego County jails violated California law…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Catchings v. Wilson

1:21-cv-00428 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 2021

Closed Date: April 28, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This class action lawsuit was filed on February 20, 2021 by detainees in the Chesapeake Detention Facility in Baltimore, Maryland, who sought extra protections from COVID-19 and, in…

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)

Public Counsel v. Presiding Judge, Superior Court of LA Cty

21STCV05124 | California state trial court

Filed Date: Feb. 9, 2021

Closed Date: March 17, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: In this case, various attorneys filed a lawsuit to stop the Los Angeles Superior Courts from requiring in-person appearances for non-essential civil matters, like traffic and unlawf…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Holden v. Zucker

801592/2021E | New York state trial court

Filed Date: Feb. 4, 2021

Closed Date: March 29, 2021

This was a case about vaccine eligibility for incarcerated New Yorkers. On February 4, 2021, two people incarcerated at Rikers Island (the NYC jail) filed this lawsuit in Supreme Court of the State o…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Huisha-Huisha v. Mayorkas

1:21-cv-00100 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 12, 2021

Closed Date: Nov. 8, 2023

Case challenging a Title 42 public health order under which the Trump Administration sought to expel asylum-seeking families from the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

PRISON CONDITIONS

Harper v. Cuomo

9:21-cv-00019 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 8, 2021

Closed Date: June 25, 2021

This is a case about COVID-19 precautions for older and vulnerable prisoners in New York State prisons. Three incarcerated plaintiffs and the Release Aging People in Prison Campaign (RAPP) filed this…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Seaport House Hopkins v. Cuomo

1:20-cv-10932 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 25, 2020

Closed Date: May 11, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This putative class action was filed on December 25, 2020 by a New York business, a non-profit, and an individual resident, seeking an injunction against the state's COVID-19 dining…

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)

3:20-cv-00843 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Dec. 14, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID Summary: This is a class action suit regarding the legality of detention orders that are holding detainees at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for up to years and detrimental to life during the C…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Weikert v. Elder

1:20-cv-03646 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Dec. 13, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This putative class action was filed on December 20, 2020 by a group of medically vulnerable detainees at the El Paso County Jail in Colorado, seeking reasonable COVID-19 safety mea…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Malcolm v. Starr

0:20-cv-02503 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Dec. 9, 2020

Closed Date: March 15, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This habeas action and putative class action lawsuit was filed on December 9, 2020 by a group of medically vulnerable incarcerated individuals in FCI-Waseca, seeking release or home…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

2:20-cv-00630 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Nov. 25, 2020

Closed Date: March 16, 2021

This is a class action lawsuit regarding the potential threat posed by executions at a federal prison during the COVID-19 pandemic. On November 25, 2020, two individuals incarcerated at the Terre Hau…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT

Alma v. Noah's Ark Processors, LLC

4:20-cv-03141 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: Nov. 23, 2020

Closed Date: March 1, 2021

This is a case about a meat processing plant that refused to implement basic COVID-19 precautions such as physical distancing, face masks, sick leave, and onsite testing, despite it being a uniquely …

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Alabama Association of Realtors v. U.S. Dep't of Health and Human Services

1:20-cv-03377 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 20, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 3, 2021

This is a case about the legality and constitutionality of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) eviction moratorium, which became effective on September 4, 2020, and prohibited land…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Hallinan v. Scarantino

5:20-ct-03333 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Oct. 26, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This putative class action lawsuit and habeas petition was filed by ten incarcerated individuals at Federal Correctional Complex Butner on October 26, 2020, seeking safety remedies …

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Baker v. Minnesota Department of Corrections

62-cv-20-5143 | Minnesota state trial court

Filed Date: Oct. 22, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action petition for a writ of mandamus alleging that the Minnesota Department of Corrections failed in its legal duty to protect individuals under its custody or con…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

6:20-cv-00564 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 22, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the constitutionality of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) eviction moratorium, which became effective on September 4, 2020, and prohibited landlords from ev…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Agudath Israel of America v. Cuomo

1:20-cv-04834 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 8, 2020

Closed Date: April 28, 2023

COVID-19 Summary: A group of Orthodox Jewish synagogues brought this lawsuit against the Governor of New York on October 8, 2020, alleging that the governor's restrictions on gatherings in light of s…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Straty v. Abbott

1:20-cv-01015 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 2, 2020

Closed Date: March 24, 2021

This was a case about access to ballot drop boxes in Texas during the COVID-19 pandemic. On October 1, 2020, after voting had begun in the state, Governor Abbott issued a proclamation prohibiting Tex…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Texas LULAC v. Abbott

1:20-cv-01006 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2020

Closed Date: March 24, 2021

This is a case about access to absentee ballot drop-off locations in Texas during the 2020 election, which took place during the COVID-19 pandemic. On October 1, 2020, the Texas League of United Lati…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Arctic Village Council v. Meyer

3AN-20-07858Cl | Alaska state trial court

Filed Date: Sept. 8, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 12, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This case, initially being tracked by the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project, was filed by Arctic Village Council, the League of Women Voters, and individual Alaska voters with …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Donald J. Trump for President v. Bullock

6:20-cv-00066 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: Sept. 2, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 30, 2020

This is a case about mail-in voting during the 2020 general election. On August 6, 2020, the Governor of Montana issued a directive which would allow universal vote-by-mail in the state by sending ea…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Vote Forward v. DeJoy

1:20-cv-02405 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2020

Closed Date: May 25, 2021

This is a case about delays in mail-in ballots due to United States Postal Service (USPS) policy changes. On August 28, 2020, Vote Forward, Voces Unidas de las Montañas, Colorado Organization for Lat…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Lichtenstein v. Hargett

3:20-cv-00736 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case challenged Tennessee’s statute that forbids anyone but employees of election commissions to provide absentee ballots to any person. Plaintiffs are organizations (and one individual) who eng…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Parham v. Watson

3:20-cv-00572 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Aug. 27, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 20, 2020

NOTE: This case was tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. For more information, see their tracker. This is a case brought by voting rights organizations and in…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Debraska v. Oneida Business Committee

1:20-cv-01321 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Aug. 27, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 22, 2020

Individual members of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, including Oneida Nation 2020 primary election candidates, filed a suit on August 28, 2020, against the Oneida Business Committee (the Business Co…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Yazzie v. Hobbs

3:20-cv-08222 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Aug. 26, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 6, 2021

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 10/31/2020, Plaintiffs …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

P.J.E.S v. Wolf

1:20-cv-02245 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 24, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 6, 2023

COVID-19 Summary: This putative class action case challenges the government’s use of an emergency public health order issued under 42 U.S.C. § 265 to restrict immigration of unaccompanied minors. Pur…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Lewis v. Dallas County Sheriff

DC-20-11810 | Texas state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 24, 2020

Closed Date: May 5, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This is a case brought by a jailer working in the Suzanne Lee Kays Detention Facility of the Lew Sterrett Justice Center in Dallas, TX against the Dallas County Sheriff. The plainti…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Alliance Party v. D.C. Board of Elections

1:20-cv-02319 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 21, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 7, 2020

This case involved the District of Columbia’s signature requirements for ballot qualification during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bill B-23-0864 lowered the signatures required for third-party presidential…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. DeJoy

2:20-cv-04096 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 21, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about changes to U.S. Postal Service operations in the run-up to the 2020 general election. In May 2020, then-President Trump appointed a campaign donor as Postmaster General; he was c…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

American Women v. Missouri

20AC-CC00333 | Missouri state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 20, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 30, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of November 10, 2020, After…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Arlene Ocasio v. Comisión Estatal de Elecciones

3:20-cv-01432 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Aug. 20, 2020

Case Ongoing

On August 20, 2020, two Puerto Rican citizens, aged sixty-seven and sixty-nine years old, who were at risk of severe complications from COVID-19 ("the plaintiffs") filed this lawsuit in the U.S. Dist…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

The Republican State Committee of Delaware v. The State of Delaware Department of Elections

2020-0685-SG | Delaware state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 10/31/2020, A new Delawa…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Eason v. Whitmer

3:20-cv-12252 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 9, 2020

This is a case about the constitutionality of Michigan’s ballot-access requirements for independent candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives during the November 2020 election. On August 19, 2…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Johnakin v. U.S. Postal Service

2:20-cv-04055 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 25, 2020

On August 19, 2020, a Philadelphia voter and independent congressional candidate filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Pennsylvania where it was assigned to Judge Anita B.…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES

National Urban League v. Ross

5:20-cv-05799 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 18, 2020

Closed Date: April 22, 2021

On August 18, 2020, a coalition of cities, counties, Indian tribes, advocacy organizations, and individuals represented by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, the Brennan Center for Justice, and…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

State of Washington v. Trump

1:20-cv-03127 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 18, 2020

Closed Date: Feb. 17, 2021

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/18/2020, Plaintiffs …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Donald J. Trump for President v. Murphy

3:20-cv-10753 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Aug. 18, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 22, 2020

This is a challenge to voting procedures in New Jersey leading up to the 2020 election. On August 14, 2020, New Jersey’s governor issued Executive Order 177 (EO 177) in response to the COVID-19 pande…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

National Urban League v. DeJoy

1:20-cv-02391 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Aug. 18, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/13/2020, USPS enacted…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Jones v. United States Postal Service

1:20-cv-06516 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 17, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about voting by mail during the 2020 election. On June 15, 2020, a former campaign donor to President Donald Trump was confirmed as the Postmaster General of the United States Postal S…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Richardson v. Trump

1:20-cv-02262 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 17, 2020

Closed Date: Feb. 8, 2021

This is a case about vote-by-mail in the 2020 general election. In July 2020, a longtime campaign donor to then-President Donald Trump was confirmed as Postmaster General of the United States Postal …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

A. Philip Randolph Institute of Ohio v. Larose

1:20-cv-01908 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Aug. 12, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 28, 2020

This is a case about voting procedures in Ohio’s 2020 general election. On August 12, 2020, the Ohio Secretary of State issued directive 2020-16, which interpreted Ohio law to require each county boa…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Texas Alliance of Retired Americans v. Hughes

5:20-cv-00128 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 12, 2020

Closed Date: May 13, 2022

This is a case about HB25, a law ending straight ticket voting in Texas that was implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. On August 12, 2020 the Texas Alliance of Retired Americans, the national sen…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Castillo v. Whitmer

1:20-cv-00751 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Aug. 11, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 9, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is an an equal protection action filed on August 8, 2020 by a group of Latino individuals and two limited liability companies, seeking an injunction of an emergency health orde…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

County of Butler v. Wolf

2:20-cv-00677 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 11, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This constitutional claims action was filed by Pennsylvania counties, residents, and businesses on May 7, 2020, seeking injunctive and declaratory relief from the state's public saf…

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Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) v. DeVos

1:20-cv-02310 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Aug. 10, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 18, 2020

This is a case about an Interim Final Rule concerning how federal COVID relief CARES Act funding is allocated to private and public schools. On August 10, 2020, The Council Parent Attorneys and Advoc…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Cook County Republican Party v. Pritzker

1:20-cv-04676 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 10, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 24, 2020

On August 10, 2020 the Cook County Republican Party brought this lawsuit against the Governor of Illinois, various board members of the Illinois Board of Elections, the Cook County Clerk, and the Com…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Reed-Pratt v. Winfrey

3:20-cv-12129 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 5, 2021

On August 9, 2020, a Detroit resident and registered voter sued the Detroit city clerk, Detroit Department of Elections, and Detroit Election Commission, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Di…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania v. Boockvar

2:20-cv-03850 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 7, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 16, 2020

On August 7, 2020, two non-profit organizations, the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and the Urban League of Greater Pittsburg, filed this lawsuit with two individual Pennsylvania voters in th…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Anderson v. Raffensperger

1:20-cv-03263 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Aug. 6, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 13, 2020

This is a case about the November 2020 general election in Georgia. The plaintiffs were three individual voters in Fulton County, GA, the Georgia Democratic Party, and the Democratic Senatorial Campa…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Jobs for Downriver v. Whitmer

2:20-cv-12115 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Aug. 5, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 25, 2020

This is a case about challenges to Michigan ballot signature requirements. On August 5, 2020, local ballot committees of several cities in Michigan filed this lawsuit in the United States District Co…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Donald J. Trump for President v. Cegavske

2:20-cv-01445 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 21, 2020

This is a 2020 case about voting by mail during pandemics and other disasters in Nevada. Nevada passed Assembly Bill 4 (AB4) on August 2, 2020. AB4 allowed areas impacted by a pandemic or other disas…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Walz

0:20-cv-01688 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 12, 2021

This is a case about an executive order mask mandate by the governor of Minnesota allegedly conflicting with state law prohibiting wearing a mask in public. On August 8, 2020, the Minnesota Voters Al…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Harding v. Edwards

3:20-cv-00495 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 2020

Closed Date: May 17, 2021

This is a case about Louisiana voters who wished to avoid potential exposure to COVID-19 while casting their ballots in the November 2020 general election and December 2020 second-round runoff electi…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

4:20-cv-00807 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case concerns the conditions of confinement at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell (hereafter FMC-Carswell), a women’s prison in Fort Worth, Texas. The original plaintiffs included over seventy…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Scholl v. Mnuchin

4:20-cv-05309 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2020

Case Ongoing

Two incarcerated plaintiffs brought this class-action lawsuit seeking to obtain the benefits provided under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economics Security (CARES) Act. The plaintiffs sought to r…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Jorgensen v. Dunlap

1:20-cv-00272 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: July 31, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 10, 2020

On July 31, 2020, a candidate for United States President from the Libertarian Party of Maine, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, seeking to challenge Maine's pe…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

League of Women Voters of Ohio v. LaRose

2:20-cv-03843 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: July 31, 2020

Closed Date: May 20, 2021

This case challenged Ohio’s signature matching policy when processing election ballots. On July 31, 2020, the League of Women Voters of Ohio, the Ohio A. Phillip Randolph Institute, and two adversely…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Common Cause Indiana v. Lawson

1:20-cv-02007 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: July 30, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 26, 2021

This is a case about the constitutionality of Indiana’s Noon Election Day receipt deadline for mail-in ballots during the November 2020 election. On July 30, 2020, Common Cause Indiana and Indiana St…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Criswell v. Boudreaux

1:20-cv-01048 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: July 29, 2020

Closed Date: April 13, 2022

COVID-19 Summary: This constitutional action was filed on July 29, 2020 by inmates in Tulare County in California seeking improved safety and health conditions in light of COVID-19. The court granted…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Dhillon v. Wobensmith

1:20-cv-02197 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: July 28, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 28, 2020

This is a case challenging Maryland’s mayoral signature gathering requirements in light of COVID-19. On July 28th, 2020, a prospective, unaffiliated candidate for mayor of Baltimore filed this lawsui…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Gary v. Virginia Department of Elections

1:20-cv-00860 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 27, 2020

Case Ongoing

A voter with print disabilities, along with the National Federation for the Blind of Virginia and the American Counsel of the Blind of Virginia, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Semien v. Hughs

1:20-cv-00789 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: July 24, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 23, 2020

On July 24, 2020, individual plaintiffs with print disabilities, along with the National Federation of the Blind of Texas and the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities, filed this lawsuit in the U.S.…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Common Cause Rhode Island v. Gorbea

1:20-cv-00318 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: July 23, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 24, 2021

Rhode Island state law required mail voters to have either two lay witnesses or one notary sign their mail-in ballot envelopes. On July 23, 2020, the League of Women Voters, Common Cause Rhode Island…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Subramanya v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

2:20-cv-03707 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: July 22, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about how quickly United States Citizenship and Immigration Services must process, print, and mail Employment Authorization Documents (EADs or Form I-766) for immigrants who have recei…

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1:20-cv-01996 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 22, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is an action filed on July 22, 2020 by advocacy groups, public school districts, and parents of children who attend public schools. Plaintiffs sought injunctive and declaratory…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

SC20477 | Connecticut state trial court

Filed Date: July 21, 2020

Closed Date: July 22, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 1, 2020, Congr…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Washington v. Devos

2:20-cv-01119 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 20, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 9, 2020

This case is about allocation of education funding for K-12 schools to private schools during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. This case was filed after the state of Washington obtained a pre…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Disability Law Center of Alaska v. Meyer

3:20-cv-00173 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: July 20, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 27, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This case was filed on July 17, 2020 by three nonprofit advocacy groups and two individual plaintiffs in Alaska, seeking injunctive relief enjoining the state from only sending mail…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

La Riva v. D.C. Board of Elections

1:20-cv-01937 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 17, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 18, 2020

This is a case about how the District of Columbia was allowed to adjust signature requirements for entry onto the ballot for different levels of elections in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Jul…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Gallagher v. N.Y. State Board of Elections

1:20-cv-05504 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 17, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 9, 2021

This is a case about mail-in voting in the 2020 primary and general elections in New York. On May 1, 2020, then-Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order that meant to expand access to mail-in …

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Kemp v. Bottoms

2020CV338387 | Georgia state trial court

Filed Date: July 16, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 13, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a case where the governor of Georgia sued the mayor of Atlanta over passing COVID-19 orders (related to masks and social gatherings) that were more or less restrictive than …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Mi Familia Vota v. Abbott

5:20-cv-00830 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: July 16, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 5, 2021

This is a case about safe voting access during the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 16, 2020, Mi Familia Vota, Texas State Conference of NAACP, and individual registered voters filed this lawsuit in the U.…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Calvary Chapel of Ukiah v. Newsom

2:20-cv-01431 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: July 15, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a case brought by several churches in California, challenging state restrictions on worship brought on by COVID-19. The churches requested injunctive relief, claiming violat…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Merrill v. Dunlap

1:20-cv-00248 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: July 15, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about accessible electronic voting and vote-by-mail procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 15, 2020, the plaintiffs, who are blind or legally blind, filed this lawsuit in the…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Hawkins v. Ziriax

5:20-cv-00687 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: July 15, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 1, 2020

This is a case about the special requirements Oklahoma placed on presidential candidates who wanted to be added to the ballot as representatives of a non-mainstream political party. Seven Oklahoma vo…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

University of Oregon v. United States Department of Homeland Security

6:20-cv-01127 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: July 13, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 27, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a lawsuit brought by the University of California regents regarding the July 2020 release of ICE regulations which, in effect, meant that students on F-1 visas could risk de…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. United States Department of Homeland Security

1:20-cv-11311 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 13, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 7, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a lawsuit brought by seventeen different states and Washington D.C. regarding the July 2020 release of ICE regulations which, in effect, meant that students on F-1 visas wou…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Luciani v. Virginia State Board of Elections

7:20-cv-00401 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 13, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 16, 2020

On July 13, 2020, an independent candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives (“the plaintiff”) sued the Virginia Department of Elections, the Virginia State Board of Elections, and its officers (…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

The Regents of the University of California v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

4:20-cv-04621 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 10, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 6, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a lawsuit brought by the University of California regents regarding the July 2020 release of ICE regulations which, in effect, meant that students on F-1 visas would risk de…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

State of Washington v. United States Department of Homeland Security

2:20-cv-01070 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 10, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 6, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a lawsuit brought by the state of Washington regarding the July 2020 release of ICE regulations which, in effect, meant that students on F-1 visas would risk deportation if …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Z.W. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

8:20-cv-01220 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 10, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 1, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a lawsuit brought by several international students regarding the July 2020 release of ICE regulations which, in effect, meant that students on F-1 visas would risk deportat…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Johns Hopkins University v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:20-cv-01873 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 10, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 20, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a lawsuit brought by Johns Hopkins University regarding the July 2020 release of ICE regulations which, in effect, meant that students on F-1 visas would risk deportation if…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Gallagher v. Newsom

CVCS20-0000912 | California state trial court

Filed Date: July 10, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 11/19/2020, Plaintiffs …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Pennsylvania Democratic Party v. Boockvar

407-MD-2020 | Pennsylvania state appellate court

Filed Date: July 10, 2020

Closed Date: Feb. 22, 2021

This case is about the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on mail-in voting. On July 10, 2020, the Democratic Party of Pennsylvania and several Democratic politicians in the state filed this lawsuit in the C…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

State of California v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

4:20-cv-04592 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 9, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 19, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a lawsuit brought by the State of California regarding the July 2020 release of ICE regulations which, in effect, meant that students on F-1 visas would risk deportation if …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Alliance Party v. Virginia State Board of Elections

1:20-cv-00774 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 9, 2020

Closed Date: April 20, 2021

On July 9, 2020, the Alliance Party and its 2020 presidential candidate (the Alliance Party), filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against the Virginia B…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Taylor v. Detroit

2:20-cv-11860 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: July 9, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the affordability of water and water shutoffs in Detroit, MI. On July 9, 2020, six individuals seeking to represent four classes and the nonprofit People’s Water Board Coalition …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

President and Fellows of Harvard College v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:20-cv-11283 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 8, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 6, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a lawsuit brought by Harvard and MIT regarding the July 2020 release of ICE regulations which, in effect, meant that students on F-1 visas would risk deportation if their sc…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Common Cause Indiana v. Lawson

1:20-cv-01825 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: July 8, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 23, 2020

This is a case challenging two amendments to the Indiana election code as unconstitutionally burdening the right to vote. The "standing amendment" deprived voters of standing to petition state courts…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

League of Women Voters of the U.S. v. Kosinski

1:20-cv-05238 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 8, 2020

Closed Date: June 9, 2021

On July 8, 2020, this action, brought by the League of Women’s Voters of the United States, the League of Women’s Voters of New York, and an individual voter in the U.S. District Court for the Southe…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

1:20-cv-08463 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: July 8, 2020

Case Ongoing

On July 8, 2020, the plaintiff, a pretrial detainee at the Cumberland County Department of Corrections (CCDOC) in the state of New Jersey filed this lawsuit in the District of New Jersey individually…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Michigan v. Devos

3:20-cv-04478 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 7, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is an action filed in response to the CARES Act and an interim final rule from the Department of Education regarding how funds could be distributed between private and public s…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Blankenship v. Newsom

3:20-cv-04479 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 7, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 19, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This lawsuit was filed on July 7, 2020 by a third-party presidential candidate and a California registered voter, seeking an injunction against the state's ballot signature requirem…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Frye v. Gardner

1:20-cv-00751 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: July 7, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case is about equal access to voting for print-disabled voters. On July 7, 2020, the National Federation of the Blind, Inc.; the National Federation of the Blind of New Hampshire, Inc.; Granite …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

1:20-cv-01995 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: July 7, 2020

Closed Date: July 20, 2020

During the November 2020 election, an individual (the plaintiff in this case) wanted to become an independent candidate for Maryland’s Seventh Congressional District on the November 2020 general elec…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Davis v. Wayne County Election Commission

2:20-cv-11819 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: July 6, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 15, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/05/2020, Plaintiffs b…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

7:20-cv-05121 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 3, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 12, 2020

An independent candidate for the United States House of Representatives in New York’s 17th congressional district filed a lawsuit on July 3, 2020 in order to declare unconstitutional, enjoin, or modi…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches v. Merrill

3:20-cv-00909 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: July 2, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 25, 2020

This is a case about how Connecticut's restrictions on eligibility for mail-in ballot voting during the COVID-19 pandemic threatened voters' constitutional and statutory rights. On July 2, 2020, a co…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Griffin v. Hawaii

1:20-cv-00298 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: July 2, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 8, 2020

This is a case about Hawaii's mail-in voting program. On July 2, 2020, a candidate for Hawaii's 1st Congressional District filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. Th…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

1:20-cv-02791 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: July 1, 2020

Closed Date: March 13, 2023

COVID-19 Summary: Four incarcerated individuals filed this class-action lawsuit against the Clayton County Jail based on conditions-of-confinement claims, as well as a habeas claim, a Rehabilitation …

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Machovec v. Palm Beach County

2020CA006920AXX | Florida state trial court

Filed Date: June 30, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a case where citizens sued the county for imposing a mask mandate, arguing that it was an infringement of their right to privacy in making medical decisions. The plaintiffs …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Kishore v. Newsom

2:20-cv-05859 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 30, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/06/2020, Third party…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

McCarter v. Brown

6:20-cv-01048 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: June 30, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 17, 2020

This case was about the constitutionality of the Governor of Oregon’s COVID-19 executive orders and the signature requirements for ballot initiatives for the 2020 general election. The plaintiff, an …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

People Not Politicians Oregon v. Clarno

6:20-cv-01053 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: June 30, 2020

Closed Date: June 10, 2021

This case is about the constitutionality of Oregon’s signature requirements for ballot initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic. The plaintiffs, five Oregon nonprofit organizations and one Oregon res…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

De La Fuente v. Hobbs

2:20-cv-01276 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: June 29, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 2, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: Initially tracked by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project, this lawsuit was filed on June 29, 2020 by the Alliance Party its nominee for the 2020 Presidential Election, seekin…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar

2:20-cv-00966 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: June 29, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 10, 2020

This is a case about mail-in voting during the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 29, 2020, the Donald Trump Presidential Campaign, the Republican National Committee, four Republican members of the U.S. Hous…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Brown v. Warren

1:20-cv-07907 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: June 26, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case concerns the constitutionality of the COVID-19 procedures in the Cumberland County Jail (“Jail”) in Bridgeton, New Jersey. Five pre-trial detainees and three post-conviction inmates filed t…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

La O Munoz v. Wolf

4:20-cv-02206 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: June 23, 2020

Closed Date: July 31, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a habeas petition filed on behalf of immigrant detainees in Texas, seeking release from detention due to COVID-19. The court denied to enter any relief for the plaintiffs on…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Baker v. Thurston

60CV-20-3565 | Arkansas state trial court

Filed Date: June 23, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 5, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 9, 2020, Pla…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Sangiacomo v. Padilla

34-2020-80003413 | California state trial court

Filed Date: June 23, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, Proponents…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

De Jean v. Nago

1:20-cv-00280 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: June 19, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 11/19/2020, Khistina De …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Kishore v. Whitmer

2:20-cv-11605 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 18, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 9, 2020

This is a case about the constitutionality of Michigan’s ballot-access requirements during the November 2020 election. On June 18, 2020, the Socialist Equality Party’s candidates for President and Vi…

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)

Defy Ventures v. Small Business Administration

1:20-cv-01838 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: June 16, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a case challenging the legality of the Small Business Administration's decision to exclude small business owners from parts of the CARES Act, passed in response to the COVID…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Goldin v. Restrepo

1:20-cv-00262 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: June 16, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 1, 2020

This case arose out of the 2020 election in Rhode Island. On June 16, 2020, candidates for the Rhode Island Senate ("the plaintiffs") filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Fenty v. Penzone

2:20-cv-01192 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: June 16, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a lawsuit challenging the Maricopa County Sheriff's response to COVID-19 in its jails and requesting the release of detainees and prisoners. On June 16, 2020, nine named plaintiffs and the im…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Illinois Republican Party v. Pritzker

1:20-cv-03489 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: June 15, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID Summary: The Illinois Republican party sued Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, alleging that his executive order prohibiting gatherings over ten people did not make constitutionally-required exce…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Hotze v. Abbott

4:20-cv-02104 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: June 15, 2020

Closed Date: July 29, 2020

On June 15, 2020, 1,316 Texas residents and companies ("the plaintiffs") filed this lawsuit individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated in the U.S. District Court for the Southern Dis…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

1:20-cv-00651 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: June 10, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 16, 2021

As part of New York’s ban on gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic, attendance at houses of worship and outdoor religious gatherings was strictly limited. In June 2020, state and city officials all…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Arizona Democratic Party v. Hobbs

2:20-cv-01143 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: June 10, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 3, 2022

COVID-19 Summary: This lawsuit, initially tracked by being tracked by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project, was filed on June 10, 2020 by the Arizona Democratic Party, the Democratic National …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

J.B.B.C. v. Wolf

1:20-cv-01509 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 9, 2020

Closed Date: July 6, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This lawsuit was filed on behalf on an unaccompanied minor subject to deportation, alleging that the Trump administrations' system of authorizing the summary removal of persons to p…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Macarro v. Padilla

34-2020-80003404 | California state trial court

Filed Date: June 9, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, Proponents…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Nemes v. Bensinger

3:20-cv-00407 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: June 8, 2020

Closed Date: July 17, 2020

This is a case about the constitutionality of a reduction in the number of polling places during the June 23, 2020 primary election in Kentucky. On June 8, 2020, a Kentucky state representative and s…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Libertarian Party of New Hampshire v. Sununu

1:20-cv-00688 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: June 8, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 4, 2020

The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire and several of its hopeful candidates in the 2020 elections brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire on June 8, 2020. Plai…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Reclaim Idaho v. Little

1:20-cv-00268 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: June 6, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 11, 2020

On June 6, 2020, Reclaim Idaho, an Idaho political action committee, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. Represented by a private law firm, the plaintiff sued the…

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Don't Shoot Portland v. City of Portland

3:20-cv-00917 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: June 5, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: On June 5, 2020, a non-profit corporation advocating for social and racial justice and individual citizens filed this class action suit for violations of their First and Fourth Amen…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Barnett v. Tony

0:20-cv-61113 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: June 5, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a class-action lawsuit about the sufficiency of COVID-19 safety protocols at Broward County Jails, administered by the Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO). On June 5, 2020, thirteen named plaintif…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Alaska Libertarian Party v. Fenumiai

3:20-cv-00127 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: June 3, 2020

Closed Date: July 13, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This action, initially being tracked by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project, was filed on June 3, 2020 by the Alaska Libertarian Party, seeking lowered signature requirement…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Hoffard v. Cochise County

4:20-cv-00243 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: June 3, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 2, 2022

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of November 7, 2020, Plai…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Michigan Alliance for Retired Americans v. Benson

20-000108-MM | Michigan state trial court

Filed Date: June 2, 2020

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit was filed on June 2, 2020 in the Michigan state court of claims. Represented by private counsel, three individual plaintiffs, the Michigan Alliance for Retired Americans, and the Detroit…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Campbell v. Barnes

30-2020-01141117 | California state trial court

Filed Date: June 2, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 11, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action petition brought by a group of medically vulnerable people and people with disabilities detained at the Orange County Jail seeking writs of habeas corpus and …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Common Sense Party v. Padilla

2:20-cv-01091 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: May 29, 2020

Closed Date: March 22, 2021

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, Plaintiffs …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Hawkins v. DeWine

2:20-cv-02781 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 29, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 3, 2020

This case is about the constitutionality of Ohio’s ballot access requirements for the November 2020 general election in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The plaintiffs, two independent presidential ca…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Winston v. Polis

2020CV31823 | Colorado state trial court

Filed Date: May 28, 2020

Case Ongoing

On May 28, 2020, the ACLU of Colorado and the Civil Rights Clinic at the University of Denver School of Law sued the Governor of Colorado and the Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Corr…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

1:20-cv-01321 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 28, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 23, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This lawsuit was filed in response to the effects of COVID-19 on deportation procedures. The plaintiffs argued that deportation would expose them to COVID-19 and return them to coun…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

1:20-cv-01419 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 28, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 27, 2024

This case involves a dispute about visa processing. Following a March 20, 2020 decision by the State Department to cease most visa services, President Trump issued Presidential Proclamation 10014 on …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Davis v. Benson

1:20-cv-00981 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: May 28, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 27, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: In this case, political activist Robert Davis sued Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson in the Michigan Court of Claims on May 28, 2020. He alleged that her decision to send a…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Collins v. Adams

3:20-cv-00375 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: May 27, 2020

Case Ongoing

This suit was filed on May 27, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. The suit was brought by several individual plaintiffs as well as the League of Women Voters of Ken…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES

American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists v. United States Food and Drug Administration

8:20-cv-01320 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 27, 2020

Closed Date: May 19, 2021

On May 27, 2020, the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists ("ACOG"), a nonprofit organization representing obstetricians and gynecologists, a New York-based nonprofit advocacy organizatio…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Hallinan v. Scarantino

5:20-hc-02088 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: May 26, 2020

Closed Date: June 29, 2020

On May 26, 2020, eleven people incarcerated in the Federal Corrections Institute Butner Low (FCI Butner) filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Repre…

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

High Plains Harvest Church v. Polis

1:20-cv-01480 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: May 25, 2020

Case Ongoing

The "safer at home" executive orders issued by Colorado Governor Jared Polis in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 prohibited religious gatherings of over 10 people. High Plains Harvest Church, a s…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Republican National Committee v. Newsom

2:20-cv-01055 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: May 24, 2020

Closed Date: July 9, 2020

On May 24, 2020, the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee, and the California Republican Party filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern D…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

League of Women Voters v. Benson

353654 | Michigan state appellate court

Filed Date: May 22, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 summary: On May 22, the League of Women Voters of Michigan sued the Michigan Secretary of State, challenging the statutory requirement that absentee ballots must be received by 8 PM on elect…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

League of Independent Fitness Facilities and Trainers, Inc. v. Whitmer

1:20-cv-00458 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: May 22, 2020

Closed Date: March 3, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This lawsuit was filed against the state of Michigan by 22 individual companies operating fitness businesses in Michigan and an organization representing over 150 fitness facilities…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Democracy North Carolina v. North Carolina Board of Elections

1:20-cv-00457 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: May 22, 2020

Closed Date: March 28, 2023

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for more current information, see their tracker. COVID-19 Summary: This suit was filed on May…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Sisolak

3:20-cv-00303 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: May 22, 2020

Closed Date: May 13, 2021

On May 22, 2020, a Nevada church filed this lawsuit against the Governor of Nevada, challenging the state’s restrictions on congregational worship during the COVID-19 pandemic. Represented by the All…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Hernandez v. New York State Board of Elections

1:20-cv-04003 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 22, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 election cycle in New York. On April 9, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a series of executive orders allowing any vote…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

2:20-cv-01044 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: May 21, 2020

Closed Date: July 9, 2020

On May 21, 2020, five registered California voters filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. Represented by attorneys from Judicial Watch, the plaintiffs su…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Robinson v. District of Columbia Board of Elections

1:20-cv-01364 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 21, 2020

Closed Date: June 30, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/06/2020, Washington D…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Drenth v. Boockvar

1:20-cv-00829 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: May 21, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 18, 2020

This is a case about accessible ballots for blind individuals in Pennsylvania. On May 21, 2020, a blind individual who was registered to vote in Pennsylvania and the National Federation of the Blind …

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Busby v. Bonner

2:20-cv-02359 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: May 20, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a habeas action filed by individuals in the Shelby County Jail who alleged that their underlying medical conditions made them especially vulnerable to COVID-19. They alleged…

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J.P. v. Educational Testing Services

2:20-cv-04502 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 19, 2020

Case Ongoing

In March 2020, the College Board decided that AP exams for the 2019-2020 school year would be administered at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to the exams, counselors and educators communica…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Clark v. Edwards

3:20-cv-00308 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: May 19, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This suit was brought on May 19, 2020, by two non-profit organizations and three voter plaintiffs against the state of Louisiana to challenge Louisiana’s Excuse Requirement, Witness…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

League of Women Voters of Minnesota Education Fund v. Simon

0:20-cv-01205 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: May 19, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This lawsuit was brought on May 19 by the League of Women Voters of Minnesota Education Fund and an individual voter to challenge Minnesota’s absentee voting laws requiring the phys…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Moreno v. Denney

1:20-cv-00242 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: May 19, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 16, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 11/19/2020, Voting for I…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Maryland Green Party v. Hogan

1:20-cv-01253 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 19, 2020

Closed Date: June 19, 2020

This case, initially tracked by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project, is about Maryland election laws which required candidates from the Green Party and the Libertarian Party to gather 10,000 s…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Washington v. DeVos

2:20-cv-00182 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: May 19, 2020

Closed Date: June 22, 2021

This case was about the allocation of education funding for higher education institutions during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. This case is very similar to another case of the same name fi…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

League of Women Voters New Jersey v. Way

3:20-cv-05990 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: May 18, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for more current information, see their tracker. COVID-19 Summary: This lawsuit was brought …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

4:20-cv-00211 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: May 18, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for more current information, see their tracker.COVID-19 Summary: This lawsuit was filed on …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Swenson v. Bostelmann

3:20-cv-00459 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: May 18, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 20, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: In this case, private plaintiffs and nonprofit organizations sued on May 19, 2020 to require election officials in Wisconsin to expand access to absentee voting for the November gen…

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DISABILITY RIGHTS

Martinez v. Cuomo

1:20-cv-03338 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 17, 2020

Case Ongoing

On April 29, 2020, four individuals with disabilities and Disability Rights New York filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Andrew Cuomo, the Gove…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Torres v. Milusnic

2:20-cv-04450 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 16, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 14, 2022

On May 16, 2020, five individuals filed a putative class action against Lompoc, a low-security prison facing one of the largest outbreaks of COVID-19 among U.S federal prisons, for immediate relief o…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Wilson v. Ponce

2:20-cv-04451 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 16, 2020

Case Ongoing

On May 16, 2020, three individuals filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, seeking to represent a class of all medically vulnerable persons who are,…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Bayley's Campground, Inc v. Mills

2:20-cv-00176 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: May 15, 2020

Closed Date: Feb. 3, 2021

The stay-at-home executive orders issued by Maine Governor Janet Mills in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 required people entering Maine to self-quarantine for 14 days. Several campgrounds in ru…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Denbow v. Maine Department of Corrections

1:20-cv-00175 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: May 15, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 14, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a habeas action brought by a group of inmates in the the Maine Department of Corrections, seeking release of inmates due to COVID-19. The plaintiffs' claims were dismissed a…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Umarbaev v. Moore

3:20-cv-01279 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 15, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 14, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This is a lawsuit regarding the conditions at the Prarieland Detention Center in Texas. Eleven immigration detainees requested a temporary restraining order in May 2020, which was d…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Smith v. Dewine

2:20-cv-02471 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 15, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 3, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This was a putative class action filed in May 2020 by four prisoners incarcerated in the Ohio state prison system who sought improved prevention measures, testing, and medical care …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Libertarian Party v. Virginia State Board of Elections

3:20-cv-00349 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: May 15, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 22, 2020

On May 15, 2020, the Constitution Party of Virginia and individual independent candidates filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, where the case was assign…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Waddell v. Taylor

3:20-cv-00340 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: May 14, 2020

Case Ongoing

On May 14, 2020, nine named plaintiffs brought this class action lawsuit to challenge the Mississippi Department of Corrections's ("MDOC") inadequate response to the COVID-19 outbreak at Mississippi'…

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION

N.H. ex rel J.H. v. Edwards

3:20-cv-00293 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: May 14, 2020

Closed Date: Feb. 11, 2021

On May 14, 2020, this lawsuit was filed on behalf of children confined in secure care facilities in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana under the habeas statute, 22 U.S.C. § …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

20-435-IV | Tennessee state trial court

Filed Date: May 14, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 summary: This lawsuit was filed by Tennessee voters to ease the application of Tennessee’s voting by mail law during the COVID-19 pandemic. The plaintiffs sought declaratory relief, as well …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania v. Wolf

5:20-cv-02299 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: May 14, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 14, 2020

The Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania, the Constitution Party of Pennsylvania, the Green Party of Pennsylvania, and six members of these parties ("the plaintiffs") brought this lawsuit challenging Pe…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

LaRose v. Simon

62-CV-20-3149 | Minnesota state trial court

Filed Date: May 13, 2020

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit was filed in Minnesota state court on May 13, 2020 by four individual plaintiffs and the Minnesota Alliance for Retired Americans Educational Fund. Represented by private counsel, they f…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

In re State of Texas

20-0394 | Texas state supreme court

Filed Date: May 13, 2020

Closed Date: May 27, 2020

This case concerned access to voting by mail for voters who were otherwise healthy but worried about their risk of exposure to COVID-19 from voting in-person. On May 13, 2020, the State of Texas file…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Curtin v. Virginia State Board of Elections

1:20-cv-00546 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: May 13, 2020

Closed Date: June 18, 2020

On May 13, 2020, six Virginia residents filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sued the Virginia State Boar…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Midwest Institute of Health, PLLC v. Whitmer

1:20-cv-00414 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: May 12, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This lawsuit was filed by four medical providers and an individual seeking medical services to challenge the state’s executive orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The plaintiff…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Fugazi v. Padilla

2:20-cv-00970 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: May 12, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 29, 2020

This is a case about voting accessibility in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 12, 2020, the plaintiffs filed this putative class action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Ca…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Grimes v. Florida Department of State

2020-CA-000908 | Florida state trial court

Filed Date: May 12, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 13, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/01/2020, A trio of vo…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Sweeney v. Herrera

2:20-cv-04247 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 11, 2020

Closed Date: June 8, 2020

On May 11, an individual held at the Orion Residential Reentry Center filed a pro se action in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiff brought this action brough…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Black Voters Matter Fund v. Raffensperger

1:20-cv-01489 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: May 11, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for more current information, see their tracker. COVID-19 Summary: This is a class-action su…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

5:20-cv-00577 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: May 11, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for more current information, see their tracker. COVID-19 Summary: On May 11, 2020, the Texas…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Fight for Nevada v. Cegavske

2:20-cv-00837 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: May 11, 2020

Closed Date: May 26, 2020

This lawsuit challenged a statutory deadline for gathering signatures on a petition for the recall of an elected official during the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 11, 2020, a committee established for th…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Azor-El v. City of New York

1:20-cv-03650 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 11, 2020

Case Ongoing

On May 11, 2020, ten people jailed by the New York City Department of Corrections brought this class action challenging the conditions of confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic. Filing pro se, plai…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Lucero-Gonzalez v. Kline

2:20-cv-00901 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: May 8, 2020

Case Ongoing

On May 8, 2020, five prisoners with high-risk medical conditions held at the Central Arizona Florence Correctional Complex (CAFCC)—a private facility run by CoreCivic—filed this action in suit the U.…

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom

3:20-cv-00865 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: May 8, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging the constitutionality of California’s stay-at-home orders as applied to places of worship and religious activities. The plaintiffs, South Bay United Pentecostal Church and …

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES

2:20-cv-00704 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: May 8, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a putative class-action complaint filed on May 8 challenging the requirement for a social insurance number to qualify for the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

The New Georgia Project v. Raffensperger

1:20-cv-01986 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: May 8, 2020

Closed Date: March 25, 2021

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for more current information, see their tracker. COVID-19 summary: On May 8, 2020, two voters…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Fight Back Fund v. State Board of Elections

1:20-cv-02791 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 8, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 5, 2020, The C…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Castañeda Juarez v. Asher

2:20-cv-00700 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: May 8, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a class action lawsuit in which people detained at the Northwest ICE Processing Center ("NWIPC"), which houses detainees of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE"), sought their rele…

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church v. Pritzker

1:20-cv-02782 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 7, 2020

Case Ongoing

On May 7, the Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church and Logos Baptist Ministries filed this action against Governor J.B. Pritzker, seeking to overturn the restrictions on religious activities imposed by t…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Murray v. Cuomo

1:20-cv-03571 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 7, 2020

Closed Date: June 7, 2020

This is a case about a Republican candidate’s failed attempt to appear on the ballot to oppose U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the 2020 election cycle. On March 14, 2020, in response …

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PRISON CONDITIONS

People of the State of New York ex rel. Short v. Capra

54815/2020 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: May 6, 2020

Case Ongoing

On May 6, 2020, six inmates filed this action in the Westchester County Court. Represented by the Legal Aid Society and private counsel, the inmates petitioned for habeas corpus, naming the New York …

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Elkhorn Baptist Church v. Brown

20CV17482 | Oregon state trial court

Filed Date: May 6, 2020

Closed Date: June 18, 2020

On May 6, 2020 a group of Oregon churches and individuals sued the Governor of Oregon, Kate Brown, claiming that her executive orders imposing restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic were uncons…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Gottlieb v. Lamont

3:20-cv-00623 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: May 6, 2020

Case Ongoing

On May 6, 2020, two Connecticut voters brought this class action on behalf of all registered Connecticut voters in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Represented by private coun…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES

3:20-cv-00430 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: May 6, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 10, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action filed on May 6, 2020 against the U.S. government to challenge the Exclusion Provision of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). T…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES

8:20-cv-00858 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 6, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 12, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action filed on May 6 against the U.S. government to challenge the Exclusion Provision of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). The pla…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Garcia v. Griswold

1:20-cv-01268 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: May 6, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 28, 2020

This is a case about a U.S. Senate candidate seeking to be placed on the 2020 Democratic primary ballot after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the usual signature gathering process. On May 6, 2020, th…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Fair Maps Nevada v. Cegavske

3:20-cv-00271 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: May 6, 2020

Closed Date: June 9, 2020

This is a case about the constitutionality of Nevada's signature-gathering requirements for ballot initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic. Near the end of 2019, a political action committee called …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Sinner v. Jaeger

3:20-cv-00076 | U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota

Filed Date: May 6, 2020

Closed Date: June 24, 2020

This is a case about whether the U.S. Constitution was violated by the combined pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic and North Dakota's in-person signature gathering requirements for ballot initiative …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Duncan v. LaRose

2:20-cv-02295 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 6, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 24, 2020

This case is about the constitutionality of Ohio’s ballot access laws. The plaintiff, an individual Ohio voter and repeated independent presidential candidate, filed this complaint pro se on May 6, 2…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES

R.V. v. Mnuchin

8:20-cv-01148 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 5, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a putative class action complaint filed by seven children and their parents against the Secretary of the Treasury and the United States, challenging the social security numb…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Russell v. Wayne County

2:20-cv-11094 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: May 4, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action complaint brought by six detainees in Wayne County Jail, seeking injunctive, declaratory and habeas relief. The petitioners sought the release or transfers to…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Carranza v. ICE

2:20-cv-00424 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: May 4, 2020

Closed Date: May 18, 2021

On May 4, 2020, two individuals in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) brought this lawsuit against ICE and its parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security. They comp…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

1:20-cv-05496 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: May 4, 2020

Closed Date: June 10, 2020

On May 4, 2020, the petitioners filed a class action lawsuit and petition for writs of habeas corpus in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Represented by the American Civil Liberties…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Belton, Jr. v. East Baton Rouge Parish Prison

3:20-cv-00278 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: May 4, 2020

Closed Date: April 7, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action filed by inmates in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, seeking the release of medically vulnerable people and appropriate hygiene and social distancing measu…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

SawariMedia LLC v. Whitmer

4:20-cv-11246 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: May 4, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 9, 2020

On May 4, 2020, three voters and an advocacy organization brought this suit to place an initiative on Michigan’s 2020 general election ballot. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Middleton v. Andino

3:20-cv-01730 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: May 1, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for more current information, see their tracker. NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

People First of Alabama v. Merrill

2:20-cv-00619 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 1, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 16, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This lawsuit was filed by Alabama voters to temporarily enjoin Alabama’s voting law provisions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The plaintiffs challenged the witness and photo ID requi…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

A. Phillip Randolph Institute v. Hargett

3:20-cv-00374 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: May 1, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 26, 2023

On May 1, 2020, two qualified voters and five public interest organizations whose many members were not eligible to vote by mail filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Self Advocacy Solutions v. Jaeger

3:20-cv-00071 | U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota

Filed Date: May 1, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 23, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: On May 1, 2020, Self Advocacy Solutions N.D., League of Women Voters of North Dakota, and an individual plaintiff filed a complaint against the Secretary of State of North Dakota an…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

CODING IN PROCESS

In re Von Staich

A160122 | California state appellate court

Filed Date: May 1, 2020

(There's no summary yet, while we research the case.)

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

The Beloved Church v. Pritzker

3:20-cv-50153 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 30, 2020

Closed Date: May 13, 2021

COVID 19 Summary: The federal district court denied an injunction blocking application of Illinois Governor Jay Pritzker's stay-at-home order against churches. The plaintiff church appealed to the Se…

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INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)

Wilkes v. Lamont

3:20-cv-00594 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: April 30, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 14, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This class-action injunctive and habeas case against the State of Connecticut sought release and improved conditions at two inpatient psychiatric facilities. The plaintiffs sought a…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Ahlman v. Barnes

8:20-cv-00835 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 30, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 12, 2022

COVID-19 Summary: This class-action lawsuit, brought by people incarcerated in the Orange County Jail, argued that the county and the sheriff violated the U.S. Constitution, the Americans with Disabi…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Dubon Miranda v. Barr

1:20-cv-01110 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 30, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action case filed against the Trump Administration regarding a failure to provide fair hearings to immigration detainees. The plaintiffs also alleged that the COVID-…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Tully v. Okeson

1:20-cv-01271 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: April 29, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for more current information, see their tracker.COVID-19 Summary: This putative class-action…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Abrams v. Chapman

2:20-cv-11053 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 29, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 20, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action brought on behalf of all prisoners of the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC), seeking preliminary and permanent injunctive relief that would require MD…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Whitfield v. Thurston

4:20-cv-00466 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: April 29, 2020

Closed Date: July 2, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This case, initially being tracked by the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project, was filed by two independent candidates for public office, seeking various changes to Arkansas’ bal…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

California Republican Party v. Newsom

34-2020-00277751 | California state trial court

Filed Date: April 29, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 5, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/04/2020, After Gover…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Gloria v. Hughs

5:20-cv-00527 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: April 29, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 25, 2020

Texas law permitted voters over sixty-five years old to vote by mail in State elections. On April 29, 2020, six Texans between the ages of eighteen and twenty-eight years ("the plaintiffs") filed thi…

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)

1:20-cv-00600 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: April 28, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 14, 2020

On April 28, 2020, three individuals vulnerable to COVID-19 due to age and/or underlying medical conditions sued the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office and Fresno Police Department, claiming that the def…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Fernandez-Rodriguez v. Licon-Vitale

1:20-cv-03315 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 28, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 24, 2021

On April 28, 2020, five individuals detained in the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) petitioned for the release or transfer of detainees as well as enforcement of proper distancing, hygiene, an…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Signature Sothbeys International Realty, Inc. v. Whitmer

1:20-cv-00360 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 28, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 2, 2020

The executive orders issued by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 prohibited activities and business "not necessary to sustain or protect life." Seven Michigan…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Amador v. Mnuchin

1:20-cv-01102 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 28, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This action was filed on April 28, 2020 by sixteen individuals with undocumented spouses alleging violations of the First and Fifth Amendment within the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Yang v. Kellner

1:20-cv-03325 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 28, 2020

Closed Date: May 5, 2020

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, on April 27, 2020, the New York State Board of Elections (BOE) by unanimous vote and in spite of executive orders from the New York governor, adopted a resoluti…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES

AALFA Family Clinic v. Walz

0:20-cv-01037 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: April 28, 2020

Closed Date: June 16, 2020

On April 28, 2020, a group of plaintiffs, including a family clinic, medical professionals, private citizens, and pro-life organizations, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for Minnesota ag…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Martinez-Brooks v. Easter

3:20-cv-00569 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: April 27, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 31, 2021

On April 27, 2020, four individuals held at the Federal Correctional Center (FCI) in Danbury, Connecticut filed this putative class action at the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Thompson v. DeWine

2:20-cv-02129 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: April 27, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for more current information, see their tracker. COVID-19 Summary: On April 27, 2020, ballot…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Bambenek v. White

3:20-cv-03107 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 27, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 9, 2020

This is a challenge to Illinois’ signature collection requirement for initiative referendums to appear on the ballot in light of COVID-19 which made it difficult to safely collect signatures. On Apri…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Alvarez v. LaRose

3:20-cv-00782 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: April 25, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a habeas action brought by detainees in the Otay Mesa Detention Center, seeking release due to COVID-19. The plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction was denied on J…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Powell v. Benson

2:20-cv-11023 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 25, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for more current information, see their tracker. This suit was filed on April 25, 2020 in th…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Alvarez v. LaRose

3:20-cv-00782 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: April 25, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a habeas action brought by detainees in the Otay Mesa Detention Center, seeking release due to COVID-19. The plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction was denied on J…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Women's Health Center of West Virginia v. Morrisey

2:20-cv-00293 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: April 24, 2020

Closed Date: May 7, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: On March 31, 2020, the Women’s Health Center of West Virginia and its patients brought this suit against West Virginia to enjoin the state enforcing the Governor's Executive Order w…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Cullors v. County of Los Angeles

2:20-cv-03760 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 24, 2020

Closed Date: April 27, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: On April 24, 2020, nine detainees at the Los Angeles County detention centers and a coalition of activists filed a class-action seeking adequate safety conditions at the Los Angeles…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

California Attorneys for Criminal Justice v. Newsom

S261829 | California state supreme court

Filed Date: April 24, 2020

Closed Date: May 13, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a state immigration detention case filed in light of COVID-19, alleging that the close quarters and unsanitary conditions in the detention facilities were unconstitutional. …

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES

1:20-cv-02531 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 24, 2020

Closed Date: Feb. 26, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action filed on April 24 against the U.S. government to challenge the Exclusion Provision of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). The …

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Frateschi v. Fennessy

2020-000910 | New York state supreme court

Filed Date: April 24, 2020

Closed Date: June 11, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This habeas corpus action was filed in state court on April 24, 2020 by five medically vulnerable incarcerated people in the Mid-State and Marcy correctional facilities, seeking imm…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Prieto Refunjol v. Adducci

2:20-cv-02099 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: April 24, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 28, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This habeas corpus action was filed on April 24, 2020 by a group of civil detainees with serious health conditions in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Court g…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

1:20-cv-01072 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 23, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 6, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: A group of transgender people in civil immigration detention requested an injunction ordering supervised release of all transgender people in immigration detention in light of the C…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Bailey v. Pritzker

3:20-cv-00474 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 23, 2020

Case Ongoing

On April 23, 2020, an Illinois State Representative filed this lawsuit suit in the Clay County Circuit Court. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiff sued the Governor of Illinois under state l…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

League of Women Voters of Oklahoma v. Ziriax

20-118765 | Oklahoma state supreme court

Filed Date: April 23, 2020

Closed Date: May 4, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a case brought by a nonprofit and individual voters in Oklahoma, seeking a change in election law in light of COVID-19. The Oklahoma Supreme Court mandated the Election Boar…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Thomas v. Andino

3:20-cv-01552 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: April 22, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for more current information, see their tracker. On April 22, four individuals facing a heigh…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Crossey v. Boockvar

266-MD-2020 | Pennsylvania state trial court

Filed Date: April 22, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: On April 22, 2020, three Pennsylvania voters and the Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans filed this lawsuit against the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the Director of the…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Bailey v. Andino

2020-000642 | South Carolina state trial court

Filed Date: April 22, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: On April 22, 2020, two Democratic candidates, the South Carolina Democratic Party, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee filed this lawsuit against the South Carolina …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Miller v. Thurston

5:20-cv-05070 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas

Filed Date: April 22, 2020

Closed Date: July 23, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This case, initially being tracked by the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project, was filed by plaintiffs who sought to place a constitutional amendment on the Arkansas ballot. They…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Seth v. McDonough

8:20-cv-01028 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 21, 2020

Case Ongoing

On April 21, 2020, pretrial and post-conviction detainees at Prince George’s County Jail, many of whom have pre-existing medical conditions, some of whom were exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms, and all of…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Frazier v. Kelley

4:20-cv-00434 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: April 21, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This was a putative class action brought on April 21, 2020, by eleven individuals held at the Arkansas Department of Corrections, requesting reasonable accommodations for those inca…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Wisconsin Legislature v. Palm

2020AP765-OA | Wisconsin state supreme court

Filed Date: April 21, 2020

Closed Date: June 24, 2020

On April 21, 2020, the Wisconsin Legislature filed an emergency petition for action against the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) to enjoin the Emergency Orders passed in response to COVI…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Paher v. Cegavske

3:20-cv-00243 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: April 21, 2020

Closed Date: July 31, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 7, 2020, Plain…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Alcantara v. Archambeault

3:20-cv-00756 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: April 21, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a class action lawsuit regarding the immediate release of medically vulnerable immigration detainees from two immigration detention centers during the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 21, 2020, nu…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Voltz-Loomis v. McMaster

5:20-cv-01533 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: April 21, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 15, 2020

This is a case about the constitutionality of South Carolina’s failure to protect incarcerated people from the risks posed by the COVID-19 virus in its prisons. On April 21, 2020, the ACLU and a priv…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Zepeda Rivas v. Jennings

3:20-cv-02731 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 20, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class-action lawsuit brought on April 20, 2020, by seven individuals in immigration detention at the Mesa Verde Detention Facility (MVDF) and the Yuba County Jail (YCJ), s…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

NC NAACP v. Cooper

20 CVS 500110 | North Carolina state trial court

Filed Date: April 20, 2020

Case Ongoing

The North Carolina Conference of the NAACP, Disability Rights North Carolina, the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation, and four individual plaintiffs brought this suit a…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

McPherson v. Lamont

3:20-cv-00534 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: April 20, 2020

Closed Date: April 23, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This is a putative class action brought on April 20, 2020, by five detainees at the Connecticut Department of Correction, seeking release from detention or transfer to home confinem…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Foster v. Commissioner of Corrections

2084CV00855 | Massachusetts state trial court

Filed Date: April 20, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: Prisoners represented by Prisoners Legal Services of Massachusetts filed this class action for prisoners with underlying medical conditions and old age, and prisoners incarcerated f…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Remick v. City of Philadelphia

2:20-cv-01959 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 20, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action brought by individuals incarcerated in the Philadelphia Department of Prisons (Philadelphia's jail system), alleging that the conditions within the facility w…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Coalition for Good Governance v. Raffensperger

1:20-cv-01677 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: April 20, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for more current information, see their tracker. COVID-19 Summary: This suit was brought on …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Eilenberg v. City of Colton

8:20-cv-00767 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 20, 2020

Closed Date: April 8, 2021

This is a case about a constitutional right to gather signatures to qualify a city ballot initiative during COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency. On April 20, 2020, the manager of a ballot initiative…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Amezcua v. Garcia

5:20-cv-00054 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 17, 2020

Case Ongoing

On April 15, 2020, three immigration detainees filed this lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and various detention center officers. Represe…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Cameron v. Bouchard

2:20-cv-10949 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 17, 2020

Case Ongoing

On April 17, 2020, classes of pre-trial and post-trial detainees filed this lawsuit against the sheriff of Oakland County and the Commander of Corrective Services of Oakland County. Represented by pr…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Baez v. McDonald

1:20-cv-10753 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 17, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 8, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: On April 17, 2020, individuals detained in the Plymouth County Correctional Facility (PCCF) filed this putative class action complaint addressing safety concerns posed by COVID-19. …

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Maryville Baptist Church v. Beshear

3:20-cv-00278 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: April 17, 2020

Case Ongoing

On April 17, 2020, Maryville Baptist Church and its pastor filed an action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kentucky. Represented by Liberty Counsel, the plaintiffs sued the Governor of…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

League of Women Voters of Virginia v. Virginia State Board of Elections

6:20-cv-00024 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: April 17, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for more current information, see their tracker. COVID 19 Summary: The League of Women Voter…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Missouri NAACP v. Missouri

20AC-CC00169 | Missouri state trial court

Filed Date: April 17, 2020

Case Ongoing

This putative class-action lawsuit was filed on April 17, 2020 in the state court of Missouri for the Circuit Court of Cole County by the Missouri NAACP, the League of Women Voters of Missouri, and t…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation v. Mnuchin

1:20-cv-01002 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 17, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case involves the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s (USDT) disbursement of COVID-19 aid to Native American tribes.As part of the March 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CA…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Zwaag v. Whitmer

1:20-cv-00325 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 16, 2020

Closed Date: April 29, 2020

On April 16, 2020, three individual plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in the Western District of Michigan against Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Director of the Michigan Department of Natural…

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

First Baptist Church v. Kelly

6:20-cv-01102 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: April 16, 2020

Closed Date: May 4, 2020

COVID 19 Summary: This case, filed in April 2020, rejected Kansas Governor Laura Kelley’s executive orders restricting mass gatherings at churches. The case ended in May 2020, when Governor Kelly’s n…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Tamayo Espinoza v. Witte

5:20-cv-00106 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: April 16, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a habeas action brought by seven medically vulnerable detainees in Mississippi. They sought release from detention because their underlying medical conditions made them part…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Bertrand v. Woodbury County

CVCV191798 | Iowa state trial court

Filed Date: April 16, 2020

Closed Date: May 1, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 7, 2020, A for…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Corona v. Cegavske

20-OC-00064-1B | Nevada state trial court

Filed Date: April 16, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 4, 2020

This is a case about voting by mail in Nevada. On April 16, 2020, a group of plaintiffs consisting of four registered Nevada voters and the Nevada State Democratic Party, Democratic National Committe…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Beemer v. Whitmer

1:20-cv-00323 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 15, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: Three residents of Michigan sued Governor Whitmer, challenging that an Executive Order issued to combat the spread of COVID-19, which required residents to stay home and suspend non…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Foster v. Minnesota Department of Corrections

20-cv-00633 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: April 15, 2020

Case Ongoing

This putative class-action petition for writ of habeas corpus and mandamus was filed on April 15, 2020 in the Minnesota state district court for the Sixth Judicial District. The case was brought by s…

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION

Center for Juvenile Law and Policy v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

B305558 | California state trial court

Filed Date: April 15, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This petition, brought by the Center for Juvenile Law and Policy and the Independent Juvenile Defender Program, sought the release of youth detainees in Los Angeles County. The plai…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Brown v. Marler

2:20-cv-01914 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 15, 2020

Case Ongoing

On April 15, 2020, three inmates filed a class-action complaint and petition for writs of habeas corpus in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The petitioners, represent…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Grinis v. Spaulding

1:20-cv-10738 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 15, 2020

Closed Date: July 2, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This was a habeas action filed on behalf of a class of prisoners at the Federal Medical Center Devens in Massachusetts, seeking the release of inmates in light of COVID-19 so that t…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Gomes v. US Department of Homeland Security

1:20-cv-00453 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: April 15, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: Detained immigrants sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security alleging that the conditions of detention during the COVID-19 pandemic placed them at substantial risk of harm in v…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

1:20-cv-00458 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 14, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: 16 medically vulnerable noncitizens in immigration detention centers in Louisiana filed this case in light of the certainty of an outbreak of COVID-19 in their detention facilities.…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Gumns v. Edwards

3:20-cv-00231 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 14, 2020

Closed Date: June 11, 2020

On April 14, 2020, plaintiffs filed this class action complaint alleging that The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections's (“DOC”) COVID-19 management plan was inconsistent with the CD…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES

New York v. United States Department of Labor

1:20-cv-03020 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 14, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 25, 2020

On April 14, 2020, the State of New York filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The state sued the U.S. Department of Labor and the Secretary of Labor un…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Codner v. Choate

1:20-cv-01050 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: April 14, 2020

On April 14, 2020, a group of immigrants in detention filed a lawsuit against Immigrations and Customs Enforcement ("ICE"), the warden of Aurora Contract Detention Facility, and two ICE officials in …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials v. Gwinnett County Board of Registration and Elections

1:20-cv-01587 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: April 14, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about whether Georgia's mailing of English-only absentee ballots for the June 2020 primary violated the Voting Rights Act. On April 14, 2020, several non-profit voting rights organizat…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Wilson v. Williams

4:20-cv-00794 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: April 13, 2020

Closed Date: May 12, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: On April 13, 2020, medically vulnerable individuals incarcerated at the federal prison FCI Elkton sought release in light of the threat of COVID-19. On April 22, the court granted …

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JAIL CONDITIONS

5:20-cv-00768 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 13, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a representative habeas action and class action lawsuit filed by immigrant detainees in the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, seeking writs of habeas corpus, declaratory relie…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

1:20-cv-21553 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: April 13, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 3, 2022

On April 13, 2020, a group of 34 civil immigration detainees at three Florida detention centers within the jurisdiction of the Miami Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) f…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Garbett v. Herbert

2:20-cv-00245 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: April 13, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 11/19/2020, After a requ…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Amaya-Cruz v. Adducci

1:20-cv-00789 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: April 10, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 17, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This habeas action was filed on April 10, 2020 by four medically vulnerable Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees at the Geauga and Seneca County Jails, seeking release from…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Sanchez v. Dallas County Sheriff

3:20-cv-00832 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 9, 2020

Case Ongoing

On April 9, 2020, nine individuals detained in Dallas County Jail petitioned for the release of all medically-vulnerable detainees and other detainees who are not medically-vulnerable to reduce the p…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

1:20-cv-00395 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: April 9, 2020

COVID-19: This is a habeas action filed by nine immigration detainees confined in the Caroline and Farmville Detention Centers, seeking either writs of habeas corpus for each petitioner, or in the al…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Goldstein v. Galvin

SJC-12931 | Massachusetts state supreme court

Filed Date: April 9, 2020

Closed Date: April 17, 2020

On April 9, 2020, candidates for the US Senate, the US Congress, and state government filed this emergency petition for relief on behalf of themselves on others similarly situated in the Massachusett…

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Kelly v. Legislative Coordinating Council

122765 | Kansas state supreme court

Filed Date: April 9, 2020

Closed Date: April 11, 2020

On March 12, 2020, the Governor of Kansas issued an emergency proclamation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, creating a state of emergency that lasted 15 days. Within that 15-day window under the…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Graham v. Allegheny County

2:20-cv-00496 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 9, 2020

Case Ongoing

Plaintiffs in this class action lawsuit, three people detained at the Allegheny County Jail (ACJ), filed this complaint in the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on April 8, 2020…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Barrera v. Wolf

4:20-cv-01241 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 8, 2020

Case Ongoing

On April 8, 2020, a group of four immigrants in detention filed this lawsuit against U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement ("ICE"), ICE officials, and the warden of the Montgomery Processing Cent…

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)

Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association v. Abbott

D-1-GN-20-002034 | Texas state trial court

Filed Date: April 8, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 4, 2020

On April 8, 2020, the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Capital Area Private Defender Service, the Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, and several other organizations filed a l…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Benavides v. Gartland

5:20-cv-00046 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

Filed Date: April 8, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 18, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a habeas and injunctive action brought on behalf of immigration detainees in the Folkston ICE Processing Center. The detainees requested release, arguing that continuing det…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Whorley v. Northam

3:20-cv-00255 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: April 8, 2020

Closed Date: June 9, 2021

This lawsuit was filed on April 8, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, amidst the outbreak of COVID-19 that occurred early in 2020. The plaintiffs were twenty-seven …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott

5:20-cv-00438 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: April 7, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for more current information, see their tracker. On April 7, 2020, the Chair of the Texas D…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Albino-Martinez v. Adducci

2:20-cv-10893 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 7, 2020

Closed Date: May 1, 2020

On April 7, 2020, five immigration detainees filed a habeas petition and lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Imm…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Carranza v. Reams

1:20-cv-00977 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: April 7, 2020

Closed Date: Feb. 16, 2021

On April 7, 2020, inmates held in Weld County Jail with high risks of complications from COVID-19 filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Morgan v. White

1:20-cv-02189 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 7, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 13, 2020

The Committee for the Illinois Democracy Amendment (a ballot initiative organization) and several of its members filed this case under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law in the U.S. District Court for th…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Ruffin v. Brann

260211/2020 | New York state supreme court

Filed Date: April 7, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: On April 7, 2020, inmates detained on parole warrants in New York City jails filed this state court lawsuit alleging that holding the inmates in jails amidst the COVID-19 outbreak r…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Martinez v. Donahue

7:20-cv-00062 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: April 7, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 17, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a habeas action brought by immigration detainees in Georgia with underlying medical conditions that made them particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. The detainees alleged that…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Augusto v. Moniz

1:20-cv-10685 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 7, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: In this case filed April 7, 2020, after the COVID-19 outbreak, 65 civil immigration detainees at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility requested habeas and injunctive relief in …

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PRISON CONDITIONS

2:20-cv-00422 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 6, 2020

Closed Date: April 22, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: Prisoners at Oakdale Federal Correctional Institution filed this putative class action lawsuit seeking immediate release of high risk inmates and a plan outlining mitigation efforts…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

6:20-cv-00570 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: April 6, 2020

Case Ongoing

On April 6, 2020, prisoners in the Oregon Department of Corrections ("ODOC") filed this lawsuit against the governor of Oregon and several Oregon DOC officials in the U.S. District Court for the Dist…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

New Approach Montana v. Montana

XBDV-2020-444 | Montana state trial court

Filed Date: April 6, 2020

Closed Date: April 6, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 1, 2020, The M…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Swain v. Junior

1:20-cv-21457 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: April 5, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 2, 2022

COVID-19 Summary: On April 4, 2020, individuals detained in Miami-Dade County jails filed a class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, seeking habeas, inj…

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)

Barnes v. Jeffreys

1:20-cv-02137 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 5, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case involved a challenge to the continued imprisonment of individuals who completed prison sentences for sex offenses but remained incarcerated because they could not find housing that complied…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Libertarian Party of Connecticut v. Merrill

3:20-cv-00467 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: April 4, 2020

Closed Date: April 29, 2021

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of November 19, 2020, Liber…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Reina Moran v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

5:20-cv-00696 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 4, 2020

Closed Date: March 3, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This is a habeas petition brought on behalf of three immigrant detainees confined in detention centers in California. The plaintiffs were granted temporary restraining orders and re…

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)

Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association v. Lamont

UWY-CV20-6054309-S | Connecticut state trial court

Filed Date: April 3, 2020

Closed Date: June 8, 2020

On April 3, 2020, the Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and incarcerated peoples filed an Emergency Action lawsuit in a Connecticut Superior Court against the Governor of Connecticut a…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

1:20-cv-02134 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 3, 2020

Case Ongoing

As of April 3, 2020, at least 167 detainees and 46 staff members at Cook County Jail ("the Jail") in Chicago had tested positive for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. In response, the plain…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Thompson v. Tsoukaris

1:20-cv-01449 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: April 3, 2020

Case Ongoing

On April 3, 2020, the Southern Poverty Law Center, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, and private counsel filed suit on behalf of thirteen individuals detained in three U.S. Immigration and Customs E…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Bergamaschi v. Cuomo

1:20-cv-02817 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 3, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a putative class action challenging a New York law that requires mandatory detention of all alleged parole violators. The plaintiffs sought to enjoin application of the law …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

1:20-cv-00562 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 3, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a hybrid putative class action and habeas action filed by a group of medically vulnerable individuals being held in civil detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Beard v. Whitmer

2:20-cv-11067 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 3, 2020

Case Ongoing

In this case, a Michigan citizen who was a candidate for the Third Circuit Court Judge position in Wayne County filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on A…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Money v. Pritzker

1:20-cv-02093 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 2, 2020

Closed Date: July 1, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action brought on behalf of prisoners in the Illinois Department of Corrections seeking various types of relief in light of COVID-19. The plaintiffs alleged that as …

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Money v. Jeffreys

1:20-cv-02094 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 2, 2020

Closed Date: July 1, 2021

On April 2, 2020, a group of prisoners filed this lawsuit against the Illinois Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Represented by the Uptown Pe…

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION

In Re: J.B., L.H., L.S., R.P.

COA-MISC-0019-2019 | Maryland state appellate court

Filed Date: April 2, 2020

Closed Date: April 10, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a suit filed to obtain the release of as many juvenile detainees in Maryland as possible, due to COVID-19. The court denied to enter all the requested relief on April 4, 202…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Arizonans for Fair Elections v. Hobbs

2:20-cv-00658 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: April 2, 2020

On April 2, 2020, two Arizona non-profit organizations and one Arizona elector filed this lawsuit against the Arizona Secretary of State and all Arizona County Recorders in the U.S. District Court fo…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Libertarian Party of Illinois v. Pritzker

1:20-cv-02112 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 2, 2020

Closed Date: July 8, 2021

This case was about Illinois election law (candidate nomination and signature gathering procedures) during the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 election. The Libertarian Party of Illinois, the Green Party …

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Williams v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

1:20-cv-00890 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 2, 2020

Closed Date: April 28, 2020

On April 2, 2020, two inmates filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the District of D.C. on behalf of all inmates housed in the Hope Village halfway house. Represented by the Washington La…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Arriaga Reyes v. Decker

2:20-cv-03600 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: April 2, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about five men, aged 33 to 59 with underlying medical conditions, detained in United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody who petitioned for immediate release based…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Bentick v. Decker

2:20-cv-03679 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: April 2, 2020

Closed Date: May 19, 2020

This is a case about whether or not individuals detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should be released due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 Pandemic. On April 2, 2020, the…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Taylor v. Milwaukee Elections Commission

2:20-cv-00545 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: April 2, 2020

Closed Date: May 12, 2020

On March 22, 2020, the Milwaukee Election Commission suspended early voting for the April 7, 2020, Wisconsin general election in response to safety concerns regarding election workers exposure to COV…

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION

In re: the Petition of C.Z., A.O., and Z.S.-W., on behalf of all similarly situated individuals

24 EM 2020 | Pennsylvania state supreme court

Filed Date: April 1, 2020

Closed Date: May 26, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: The Juvenile Law Center, the Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project, and DLA Piper filed a petition to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court requesting that they take immediate action to reduc…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Arizonans for Second Chances v. Hobbs

CV-20-0098 | Arizona state supreme court

Filed Date: April 1, 2020

On April 1, 2020, Arizonans for Second Chances and three other political action committees filed this lawsuit in the Arizona Supreme Court. The plaintiffs sued the Arizona Secretary of State under 42…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Dada v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

2:20-cv-01093 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 1, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is an action brought by immigrant detainees particularly susceptible to a serious COVID-19 infection in Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi, alleging unconstitutional condition…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Urdaneta v. Keeton

2:20-cv-00654 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: April 1, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a habeas action filed by immigration detainees in Arizona, seeking release due to their high risk of illness or death from COVID-19. The court partially granted an injunctio…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Rafael L.O. v. Tsoukaris

2:20-cv-03481 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: April 1, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 6, 2020

Five individuals detained on immigration-related charges in the Newark, New Jersey Essex Correctional Facility filed this complaint and petition for writ of habeas corpus on April 1, 2020 in the Unit…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Esshaki v. Whitmer

2:20-cv-10831 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 31, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 2, 2020

On March 31, 2020, a candidate for the United States House of Representatives in Michigan's 11th District filed this complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The pla…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Di Genova-Chang v. Ducey

4:20-cv-00141 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: March 31, 2020

Closed Date: May 18, 2020

This case is about the voting procedures in Arizona in light of COVID-19. The plaintiff, an Arizona resident and candidate for local office, filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the Distric…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Wright v. Oklahoma

5:20-cv-00287 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: March 31, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 20, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This pro se lawsuit was filed on March 31, 2020, by a prospective candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives seeking monetary damages and changes to Oklahoma’s requirements for…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

1:20-cv-00849 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 30, 2020

Case Ongoing

In the final week of March 2020, the District of Columbia Department of Corrections (“DOC”) announced five COVID-19 cases from different units in its facilities. On March 30, individuals incarcerated…

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)

In the Matter of: Petition Requesting the Indiana Supreme Court to Engage in Emergency Rulemaking to Address the Issue of Imprisoned Persons and the COVID-19 Crisis

20S-MS-00234 | Indiana state supreme court

Filed Date: March 30, 2020

Closed Date: April 8, 2020

On March 30, 2020, the ACLU of Indiana filed this petition requesting the Indiana Supreme Court to engage in emergency rule-making and take immediate action aiming to prevent the spread of COVID-19 i…

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)

In re: the Petition of the Pennsylvania Prison Society, Brian McHale, Jeremy Hunsicker, Christopher Aubry, Michael Foundos, and Frederick Leonard, on behalf of all similarly situated individuals

70 MM 2020 | Pennsylvania state supreme court

Filed Date: March 30, 2020

Closed Date: April 3, 2020

On March 30, 2020, the Pennsylvania Prison Society and five incarcerated individuals, represented by the ACLU of Pennsylvania, filed an emergency petition with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Petitio…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Rodriguez v. Wolf

5:20-cv-00627 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: March 30, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 30, 2020, six immigrant detainees filed a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Represented by the ACLU of Southern California and…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Valentine v. Collier

4:20-cv-01115 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 30, 2020

Closed Date: April 19, 2021

On March 30, 2020, two prisoners held at Texas Department of Criminal Justice ("TDCJ") Pack Unit filed this class-action lawsuit against the executive director of TDCJ, the warden of TDCJ Pack Unit, …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild v. Executive Office of Immigration Review

1:20-cv-00852 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 30, 2020

Closed Date: June 2, 2020

On March 30, 2020, individuals detained in ICE facilities and several organizations whose members include attorneys representing current and prospective clients detained in U.S. Immigration and Custo…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Malam v. Adducci

5:20-cv-10829 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 30, 2020

This case concerns the due process rights of civil immigration detainees with medical vulnerabilities during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 30, 2020, an individual lawful permane…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Ohioans for Raising the Wage v. Larose

20-CV-002381 | Ohio state trial court

Filed Date: March 30, 2020

Closed Date: April 29, 2020

On March 30, members of Ohioans for Raising the Wage, a ballot issue committee in support of a petition effort for the passage of a constitutional amendment to raise wages to $13 per hour by 2025 in …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

League of Women Voters of Ohio v. LaRose

2:20-cv-01638 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: March 30, 2020

Closed Date: April 20, 2020

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for more current information, see their tracker.COVID-19 Summary: This lawsuit was filed on …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Savino v. Hodgson

1:20-cv-10617 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 27, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 27, 2020, a class of civil immigration detainees held in two Massachusetts detention centers (Bristol County House of Corrections and C. Carlos Carreiro Immigration Detention Center) filed t…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT

DeVooght v. City of Warren

2:20-cv-10812 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 27, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 27, 2020, the six female dispatchers filed this lawsuit against their employer, the City of Warren, in the U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs alleged that t…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

1:20-cv-01590 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: March 27, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 12, 2020

On March 27, 2020, four inmates filed a class action petition seeking habeas relief. Due to underlying medical conditions, each of the petitioners is particularly vulnerable to the COVID-19 disease. …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Mays v. Thurston

4:20-cv-00341 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: March 26, 2020

On March 26, 2020, the Christian Ministerial Alliance and two voters filed a suit against the Governor and Secretary of State of Arkansas against the Election Day receipt deadline. Filed in the U.S. …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Castillo v. Barr

5:20-cv-00605 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: March 26, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 26, 2020, two detained immigrants filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Represented by Public Counsel, the plaintiffs sued the U.S. Department…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Cooper v. Raffensperger

1:20-cv-01312 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: March 26, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for more current information, see their tracker. The two plaintiffs in this case, the Green P…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

People ex rel. Stoughton o/b/o Little v. NYS Department of Corrections

260154/2020 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: March 25, 2020

Closed Date: July 23, 2020

On March 25, 2020, 110 individuals held at Rikers Island on non-criminal technical parole violations filed this habeas petition in New York State trial court (which is called the New York Supreme Cou…

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION

Freeman v. Hansell

451130/2020 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: March 25, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 25, 2020, 5 youth detained by Family Courts in New York City during pendency of their juvenile delinquency cases filed this habeas petition in New York State trial court (which is called the…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Planned Parenthood Center for Choice v. Abbott

1:20-cv-00323 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: March 25, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: On March 25, 2020, Planned Parenthood filed this suit challenging Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's interpretation of Governor Greg Abbott’s Executive Order. The Attorney General …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

1:20-cv-00361 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: March 25, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: Immigration detainees held by ICE, each being over the age of 50 or having a serious underlying condition, petition the court for protection due to COVID-19. The court granted a tem…

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)

Committee for Public Counsel Services v. Chief Justice of the Trial Court

SJ-2020-0115 | Massachusetts state supreme court

Filed Date: March 24, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 24, 2020, the ACLU of Massachusetts, along with the Committee for Public Counsel Services and the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, filed this emergency petition asking …

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DISABILITY RIGHTS

HHS-OCR Complaint of Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program Against Alabama Department of Public Health

No Court

Filed Date: March 24, 2020

Closed Date: April 8, 2020

As COVID-19 cases increase, U.S. health officials predict that there will be shortages in ventilators and other medical resources needed to treat patients with COVID-19 requiring intensive care. In r…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Ortuño v. Jennings

3:20-cv-02064 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 24, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 24, 2020, thirteen immigrants detained in California at the Mesa Verde Detention Center and at the Yuba County Jail sued ICE, alleged violations of their Fifth Amendment rights to substantiv…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Basank v. Decker

1:20-cv-02518 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 24, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 24, 2020, ten individuals detained by ICE in county jails in New York filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and a motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) in the U.S. District C…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

People of the State of NY ex rel. Corey Stoughton, Esq., on behalf of Jeffrey v. Brann

451078/2020 | New York state supreme court

Filed Date: March 24, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 24, 2020, 32 COVID-19 vulnerable individuals incarcerated in New York City jails filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New Yor…

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)

In re COVID-19 Pandemic

1:20-cv-01803-AKH | Tennessee state trial court

Filed Date: March 24, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 24, 2020, the Choosing Justice Initiative and dozens of criminal justice and prison advocacy groups filed this emergency petition in the Tennessee Supreme Court. The petitioners asked the Co…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Thakker v. Doll

1:20-cv-00480 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: March 24, 2020

Closed Date: April 18, 2023

On March 24, 2020, twelve civil immigration detainees held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at York County Prison (YCF), Clinton County Correctional Facility (CCCF), and Pike County Corre…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Colvin v. Inslee

983178 | Washington state supreme court

Filed Date: March 24, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 24, 2020, Columbia Legal Services filed a petition for a Writ of Mandamus with the Supreme Court of the State of Washington on behalf of five incarcerated individuals. The petition named the…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY

Friends of Danny DeVito v. Wolf

68-MM-2020 | Pennsylvania state supreme court

Filed Date: March 24, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: On March 24, 2020, a group of Pennsylvania businesses and a local Republican candidate filed this lawsuit against the Governor of Pennsylvania, seeking to vacate an executive order …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Coreas v. Bounds

8:20-cv-00780 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 24, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a habeas action filed by immigration detainees in ICE facilities in Maryland, seeking release from detention. The detainees claimed their underlying medical conditions made …

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Siddiqui v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

0:20-cv-00793 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: March 24, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 22, 2020

This case centers on the government’s obligations to the medical needs of immigration detainees during the COVID-19 pandemic.Petitioners were a large group of immigrant detainees held by U.S. Immigra…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

City of Green Bay v. Bostelmann

1:20-cv-00479 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: March 24, 2020

Closed Date: March 27, 2020

The city of Green Bay, Wisconsin, the Green Bay city clerk, and the mayor of Green Bay brought this lawsuit on March 24, 2020, to challenge the constitutionality of the April 7, 2020, election in Wis…

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DISABILITY RIGHTS

HHS-OCR Complaint of Disability Rights Washington Against Washington State Department of Health

No Court

Filed Date: March 23, 2020

Case Ongoing

As COVID-19 cases increase, U.S. health officials predict that there will be shortages in ventilators and other medical resources needed to treat patients with COVID-19 requiring intensive care. In r…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Faulkner v. Virginia Department of Elections

20-1456 | Virginia state trial court

Filed Date: March 23, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: On March 23 a Republican running for U.S. Senate sought to enjoin the defendants from enforcing the candidate signature requirement for the U.S. Senate candidates. Two days later, t…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

1:20-cv-00786 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 21, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 21, 2020, 37 families detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in three family residential centers (“FRC”) sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the U.S. District Court for…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Coronel v. Decker

1:20-cv-02472 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 20, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 17, 2023

On March 20, 2020, seven persons held in civil immigration detention centers in the New York City area -- who because of serious and chronic medical conditions face a significant risk of severe illne…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Texas Democratic Party v. DeBeauvoir

D-1-GN-20-001610 | Texas state trial court

Filed Date: March 20, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 20, 2020, the Texas Democratic Party filed this lawsuit in the Travis County Texas State Court. The plaintiffs sued Ruth Hughs in her capacity as Texas Secretary of State and the Travis Coun…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Williams v. Brann

451069/2020 | New York state supreme court

Filed Date: March 19, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 19, 2020, individuals in pretrial detention or held on a parole violation at Rikers Island and other New York County jails filed this habeas lawsuit in New York State trial court (which is c…

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)

In the Matter of the Request to Commute or Suspend County Jail Sentences

084230 | New Jersey state supreme court

Filed Date: March 19, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case involves the release of individuals held in New Jersey jails during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency on March 9, 2020 due to the thr…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Nellson v. Barnhart

1:20-cv-00756 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: March 18, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 22, 2020

The COVID-19 outbreak began in late 2019 and grew quickly in the United States in March 2020. The World Health Organization declared a health emergency in January of 2020 and then declared a global p…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Democratic National Committee v. Bostelmann

3:20-cv-00249 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: March 18, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 20, 2021

In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, states all around the country attempted to conduct presidential primary elections. Simultaneously, Americans were practicing “social distancing,” sheltering in pl…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Warren v. Griswold

20CV31077 | Colorado state trial court

Filed Date: March 17, 2020

On March 17, Michelle Ferrigno Warren, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, filed an action against the Colorado Secretary of State in the Denver District Court, seeking a court order to put h…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Dawson v. Asher

2:20-cv-00409 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: March 16, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 20, 2020

On March 16, 2020, nine persons held in civil detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, WA who, because their age or underlying medica…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Nielsen v. DeSantis

4:20-cv-00236 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: March 16, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 5, 2020

This case is about large-scale voter disenfranchisement in Florida at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2020, Florida reported 149 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The State of Florida imp…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Lichtenwalter v. DeWine

2020-0401 | Ohio state trial court

Filed Date: March 13, 2020

Closed Date: April 16, 2020

On March 19, 2020, the plaintiff, an inmate at Belmont Correctional Institute, filed this petition for writ of mandamus or, in the alternative, habeas corpus. The petition was filed against Ohio Gove…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Williams v. Witte

4:20-cv-00304 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: March 5, 2020

Closed Date: June 19, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a habeas action brought by medically vulnerable detainees in the Etowah County Detention Center, seeking release due to COVID-19 and lack of protection from the virus in the…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Velesaca v. Decker

1:20-cv-01803 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 2020

Case Ongoing

On February 28, 2020, a noncitizen placed in a federal immigration detention facility and denied bond or release while awaiting immigration hearings filed this class-action suit in the United States …

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PRISON CONDITIONS

4:20-cv-00007 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Jan. 14, 2020

Case Ongoing

On January 14, 2020, prisoners at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Mississippi, filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississ…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center v. Trump

3:19-cv-02051 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Dec. 18, 2019

Case Ongoing

On December 18, 2019, six immigration legal service providers filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, alleging that the federal government had manipulated the immigr…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Voto Latino Foundation v. Hobbs

2:19-cv-05685 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Nov. 26, 2019

COVID-19 summary: Two organizations filed this action in November 2010 to challenge Arizona’s Election Day Receipt Deadline, which required mail-in ballots to be received by county election officials…

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MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)

Costa v. Bazron

1:19-cv-03185 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 23, 2019

Case Ongoing

On October 23, 2019, four individuals at Saint Elizabeths Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in D.C., filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the District of D.C. on behalf of themselves and a…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

State of New York v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:19-cv-07777 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 21, 2019

Closed Date: March 6, 2023

This case is one of several brought nationwide by States, counties, and nonprofit organizations challenging the Trump administration's revised, final public charge rule, which expands the types of pr…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Fraihat v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

5:19-cv-01546 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 2019

Case Ongoing

On August 19, 2019, Al Otro Lado and the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice, as well as 15 individuals who are currently being detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a total …

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Little Rock Family Planning Services v. Rutledge

4:19-cv-00449 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: June 26, 2019

Closed Date: Sept. 19, 2022

Consolidated federal lawsuits were prompted by Arkansas state laws that limited the circumstances under which a woman could seek an abortion. The plaintiffs in both cases, abortion-providing faciliti…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Heredia Mons v. McAleenan

1:19-cv-01593 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 30, 2019

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: A class of asylum seekers detained by the New Orleans ICE Field Office filed an emergency motion for a preliminary injunction, requesting that defendants be compelled to conduct ind…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Robinson v. Marshall

2:19-cv-00365 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 24, 2019

Closed Date: June 30, 2022

COVID-19 Summary: In response to the COVID-19 crisis, on March 27, 2020 the State Public Health Officer issued an emergency order restricting any medical or surgical procedure except those necessary …

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

Frederick v. Lawson

1:19-cv-01959 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: May 16, 2019

Closed Date: Dec. 3, 2020

This is a case about the disenfranchisement of Indiana absentee voters due to unconstitutional signature verification procedures. On May 16, 2019, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Preterm-Cleveland v. Attorney General of Ohio

1:19-cv-00360 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 15, 2019

Closed Date: July 7, 2022

On May 15, 2019, the plaintiffs, for-profit and non-profit providers of medical and surgical abortions in Ohio and their doctors, filed an initial complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Souther…

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)

Russell v. Harris County, TX

4:19-cv-00226 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Jan. 21, 2019

Case Ongoing

On January 21, 2019, indigent pretrial detainees in Harris County Jail filed this lawsuit in the Southern District of Texas. The plaintiff sued Harris County under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 22…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Baxley v. Jividen

3:18-cv-01526 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: Dec. 18, 2018

Case Ongoing

On December 18, 2018, the plaintiff, a pretrial detainee at West Virginia's Western Regional Jail, filed a pro se complaint against the jail in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of We…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Mays v. County of Sacramento

2:18-cv-02081 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: July 31, 2018

Case Ongoing

On July 31, 2018, prisoners in the County of Sacramento jail system, with the assistance of counsel from Disability Rights California, Prison Law Office, and Cooley LLP, filed this suit against the C…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

L.R. (Lucas R.) v. Azar

2:18-cv-05741 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 29, 2018

Case Ongoing

Class action of children in Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) custody challenging the conditions of their detainment.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)

Parga v. Tulsa County

4:18-cv-00298 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: June 6, 2018

Case Ongoing

Individuals incarcerated in the Tulsa jail sued Tulsa County, the Tulsa County Sheriff, fifteen Special Judges and a district court judge in challenging the constitutionality of the county's wealth-b…

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)

United States of America v. Kennedy

5:18-cr-20315 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 19, 2018

Case Ongoing

The defendant is a pre-trial criminal defendant, indicted a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. The defendant previously had a hearing before a magistrate…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Southern Poverty Law Center v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:18-cv-00760 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 4, 2018

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: On May 7, 2020, in this access-to-counsel suit, the plaintiffs sought a temporary restraining order in response to COVID-19, directing the defendants to remove access barriers and a…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Calderon Jimenez v. Nielsen

1:18-cv-10225 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 5, 2018

Case Ongoing

COVID 19 Summary: A member of a class of immigrants and their spouses suing ICE over its removal policies was ordered released on March 25, 2020. On March 24 the plaintiffs filed a motion for immedia…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Novoa v. GEO Group

5:17-cv-02514 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2017

Case Ongoing

On December 19, 2017, an immigrant previously detained from 2012 through 2015 at the Adelanto Detention Center, a civil immigration detention facility, filed this putative class action in the U.S. Di…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Murray v. Santa Barbara

2:17-cv-08805 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2017

Case Ongoing

On December 6, 2017, several prisoners of the Santa Barbara County Jail (SBCJ) in pre-trial detention filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Sabata v. Nebraska Department of Correctional Services

4:17-cv-03107 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: Aug. 15, 2017

Closed Date: Dec. 1, 2020

On August 15, 2017, eleven prisoners filed a putative class action complaint against the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) and the Nebraska Board of Parole (BOP) in the U.S. Distric…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

United States v. Hinds County

3:16-cv-00489 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: June 23, 2016

Case Ongoing

On May 21, 2015, the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) completed an investigation into Hinds County, Mississippi, over conditions at the Hinds County Adult Detent…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS

CODING IN PROCESS

Feldman v. Arizona Secretary of State

2:16-cv-01065 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: April 15, 2016

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. This case is about the legality and constitutionality of…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES

Adams & Boyle v. Slatery

3:15-cv-00705 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: June 25, 2015

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary In light of COVID-19, the Governor of Tennessee issued an executive order limiting "non-emergency" health care procedures, including all abortions except for medication abortion. The…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

3:15-cv-00318 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: May 20, 2015

Case Ongoing

On May 20, 2015, inmates incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana (Baton Rouge). The plaintiffs sue…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Gray v. County of Riverside

5:13-cv-00444 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 8, 2013

Case Ongoing

On May 8, 2013, three prisoners in Riverside County jails filed this class-action lawsuit in the US District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiffs sued the County of Riverside …

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Dobbey v. Weilding

1:13-cv-01068 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2013

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: The plaintiffs, a class of prisoners housed at Stateville Correctional Center, asked the court to temporarily appoint an expert to oversee the Illinois Department of Correction's (I…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Parsons v. Ryan

2:12-cv-00601 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: March 22, 2012

Case Ongoing

This case is a direct descendant of Gamez v. Ryan, docket number CV-10-2070-PHX-JWS (MEA). That case was dismissed with prejudice on March 21, 2012 after the district court judge determined that the …

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Davis v. City of New York

1:10-cv-00699 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2010

Case Ongoing

This is one of four ongoing cases challenging the constitutionality of the New York Police Department's "Stop and Frisk" program. See: Floyd v. City of New York; Daniels v. City of New York; and Ligo…

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Floyd v. City of New York

1:08-cv-01034 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2008

Case Ongoing

This is one of four ongoing cases challenging the constitutionality of the New York Police Department's "Stop and Frisk" program. See Ligon v. City of New York; Daniels v. City of New York; Davis v. …

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Plata v. Brown (Newsom) / Coleman v. Brown Three-Judge Court

4:01-cv-01351 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 5, 2001

Case Ongoing

SCOPE: This is a separate case record for the proceedings before the three-judge district court in Plata v. Brown (N.D. Cal.) and Coleman v. Brown (E.D. Cal.). At its start, that court included Jud…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Duvall v. Glendening (Duvall v. Hogan)

1:94-cv-02541 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Sept. 14, 1994

Case Ongoing

This case was brought in 1976 in the federal district court for the District of Maryland under Section 1983 by inmates at the Baltimore City Jail against both state and city officials of the Baltimor…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Coleman v. Brown

2:90-cv-00520 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: April 23, 1990

Case Ongoing

NOTE: All the documents in this case relating to the prison overcrowding proceedings, which led to imposition of a statewide prison population cap, affirmed by the Supreme Court, are presented in a r…

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

2:85-cv-04544 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 11, 1985

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a very longstanding class action addressing appropriate treatment of noncitizen children in federal immigration custody. On March 26, 2020, plaintiffs filed an emergency mot…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Wayne County Jail Inmates v. Wayne County Sheriff

71-173217-CZ | Michigan state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 1, 1971

Case Ongoing

This case arose amid a backdrop of increasing public opposition to poor conditions at the Wayne County Jail. In the 1960s, Detroit implemented tough-on-crime measures including a stop-and-frisk ordin…

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