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Williams v. City of Beverly Hills

2:21-cv-08698 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a lawsuit challenging Beverly Hills Police Department stop, search, and arrest practices as racially discriminatory.  Two individual plaintiffs filed this putative class action lawsuit on August 30, 2021, in California Superior Court (County of Los Angeles, Case No. 218TCV31949).  Represented by private counsel, they sued the City of Beverly Hills and individual employees of the Beverly Hills Police Department (“BHPD” or the “Department”), bringing claims for violations of state law and…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Raidoo v. Camacho

1:21-cv-00009 | District Court of Guam

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case determining whether a Guam statute’s restriction on abortion procedures is unconstitutional. On January 28, 2021, two Guam-licensed OB-GYNs on behalf of themselves and their patients filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Guam. The plaintiffs sued the Guamanian government under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to redress the deprivation, under color of law, of rights secured by the U.S. Constitution and expressly extended to Guam under U.S.C. § 1421b(u). Represented by…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Law Center of Virginia v. DePaul Community Resources

7:19-cv-00349 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: May 3, 2019

Closed Date: June 17, 2019

This is a case about a protection and advocacy agency’s records access authority. On May 3, 2019, Disability Law Center of Virginia (DLC Virginia) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. DLC Virginia filed this lawsuit against DePaul Community Resources (DePaul), a provider of services to individuals with disabilities. DLC Virginia alleged that DePaul violated the Developmental Disabilities and Bill of Rights Act when they refused to provide DLC Virgi…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Advocacy, Inc. v. Horn

1:08-cv-00071 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 2008

Closed Date: Aug. 6, 2009

This is a case about a protection and advocacy (P&A) agency’s records access authority for peer review records. On January 23, 2008, Disability Rights Texas filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas against Adelaide Horn in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (Department). Disability Rights Texas alleged that the Department violated the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Mental Illness Act…
EDUCATION
E.E. v. California

3:21-cv-07585 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2021

Closed Date: Aug. 11, 2022

On September 28, 2021, plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit against the state of California, the California Board of Education, and the California Department of Education. Plaintiffs were students with disabilities and an organization that advocates for disabled students and their families. They were represented by Disability Rights California. They sought to represent a class of "all California students who, now or in the future, have an Individual Education Plan and whose parent, guardian …
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

COVID-19 Summary: On April 29, 2020, four individuals with disabilities and Disability Rights New York sued the Governor of New York over the absence of live televised American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation on the Governor’s daily televised briefings. Given the COVID-19 pandemic, the plaintiffs alleged that the lack of live ASL accommodations discriminated against people with disabilities residing in New York. The court granted the plaintiffs a preliminary injunction and the parties later …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Human Rights Defense Center v. Inch

9:21-cv-81391 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Aug. 10, 2021

Closed Date: March 31, 2023

The Human Rights Defense Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting human rights in U.S. detention facilities, filed this lawsuit on August 10, 2021. The plaintiff filed suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida against the Florida Department of Corrections (Department of Corrections) and the warden of the Everglades Correctional Institution (Everglades). The presiding judge was Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks. The plaintiff alleged that Departmen…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Texas v. United States

6:21-cv-00003 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Jan. 22, 2021

Closed Date: May 24, 2021

Shortly after President Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20, 2021, Acting Homeland Security Secretary David Pekoske issued a memorandum ordering U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") to halt most deportations from the United States for 100 days. The 100-day pause was intended to allow time for ICE to overhaul its enforcement priorities and focus its efforts on threats to national security, public safety, and border security. The 100-day pause did not apply to individuals who arriv…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Greenhill v. Clarke

7:16-cv-00068 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2016

Closed Date: Aug. 10, 2020

On February 19, 2016, the plaintiff, a Muslim person incarcerated at the Red Onion State Prison, filed this pro se lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, alleging a violation of his right to free expression. He sued the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) and several of its employees, individually and in their official capacities, under 48 U.S.C. § 1983, the Declaratory Judgment Act, and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). H…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Rights California v. Sierra Vista Rehabilitation Center

2:09-cv-03664 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 22, 2009

Closed Date: Sept. 9, 2010

This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy agency's records access authority. On May 22, 2009, Disability Rights California (DRC) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Sierra Vista Rehabilitation Center, a nursing facility whose residents included people with disabilities, and SunBridge, the company that operated it. DRC alleged that Sierra Vista violated the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act (PAIMI), 42 U.…