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POLICING
DOJ Investigation of Chicago Police Department

No Court

Filed Date: 2015

Closed Date: 2017

In the aftermath of the November 2015 release of a police video showing a white Chicago police officer shooting a black teenager, Laquan McDonald, sixteen times first as he walked away and later as he lay in the middle of the road, citizens called for a federal investigation into the Chicago Police Department (CPD). On December 7, 2015, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it was opening an investigation into CPD under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Campbell v. Barnes

20-cv-1141117 | 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 mandate, as well as declaratory relief. The individual petitioners sought immediate release or transfer and an order requiring the Orange County Jail to take steps to mitigate the risk of harm from COVID-19. The Superior Court of California, County of Orange, agreed with the petitioners and declared…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
CODING IN PROCESS
Kavadas v. Martinez

MER-L-1004-15 | New Jersey state trial court

Filed Date: May 1, 2015

Closed Date: 2019

This lawsuit challenged New Jersey’s practice of suspending the driver’s licenses of non-custodial parents who were unable to pay child support. A New Jersey state statute provided for automatic license suspension when a bench warrant was issued for failure to pay child support or a parent failed to appear at a child support hearing. Several named plaintiffs, most of whom had been the subject of license suspensions under this statute, filed this putative class action lawsuit on May 1, 2015 in t…
DISABILITY RIGHTS/PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS
DOJ v. Amtrak

1:20-cv-03503 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Dec. 2, 2020

Case Ongoing

On December 2, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a complaint against the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (“Amtrak”) for allegedly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131-12165, by failing to make its intercity rail stations accessible to individuals with disabilities by July 26, 2020, as required by the Act. The government sought to enjoin Amtrak from discriminating on the basis of disability and require the company to comply with the ADA. The …
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Wann v. City of St. Louis

14-10272 | Missouri state trial court

Filed Date: June 1, 2014

Closed Date: April 12, 2016

This class action lawsuit challenged the St. Louis Municipal Court’s practice of imposing “warrant recall fees.” The named plaintiffs, who been charged with traffic offenses, were ordered to pay “fees” to the court to vacate arrest warrants after they missed court appearances. However, these fees were not authorized by state or local law. Represented by attorneys from the Saint Louis University Legal Clinic, the plaintiffs filed this case in the Circuit Court for the City of St. Louis City some…
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 California against the Secretary of State of California and the San Joaquin County Registrar of Votes. The plaintiffs, 36 individuals registered to vote in San Joaquin County, sued under the Voting Rights Act, the National Voter Registration Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as the Fir…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Whorley v. Northam

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

Filed Date: April 8, 2020

Case Ongoing

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 people incarcerated in Virginia state prisons. Represented by the ACLU Foundation of Virginia (ACLU-VA) and private counsel, they sued Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian Moran, the Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections Harold Clarke, …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Coe v. Biden

3:21-cv-00168 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: July 1, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the Biden administration’s policies and protocols for the deportation of undocumented individuals. On July 1, 2021, the plaintiffs—including seven Texas counties and a nonprofit association of federal police officers—filed this lawsuit in the Southern Division of Texas. The counties sued President Biden, the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, under the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), th…
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 were unconstitutional, due to the plaintiffs' heightened risk of serious illness or death from COVID-19. The parties entered into a partial settlement agreement as to protective equipment, disinfectant, and monitoring, which was approved by the court on June 3. The plaintiffs twice moved for contempt…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Heredia v. Landreman

3:19-cv-00338 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: April 30, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging Wisconsin's application of life with parole sentences for juvenile offenders. On April 30, 2019, the plaintiffs, a group of individuals who were sentenced to life with the possibility of parole while they were juveniles, filed this class action lawsuit in the Western District of Wisconsin. The plaintiffs sued the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and the Wisconsin Parole Commission. Represented by private counsel and the ACLU of Wisconsin, the plaintiffs sought decl…