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Doe v. Trump

2:17-cv-00178 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 3, 2022

This class action challenged President Trump's January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) which prohibited admission to the US for nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The plaintiffs commenced this lawsuit on February 7, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs were represented by the ACLU of Washington and private counsel. On November 29, 2017, this case was consolidated with Jewish Family Service of Seattle v. Trump, No…
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 senatorial committee of the Democratic Party, the national congressional committee of the Democratic Party, and an individual filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The plaintiffs sued the Secretary of State of Texas under the First, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Wagafe v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

2:17-cv-00094 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 2017

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit challenges President Trump's January 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO) suspending entry into the United States of citizens or nationals of Syria, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, and Libya. This case also challenges the government's Controlled Application Review and Resolution Program (CARRP), alleging it was a precursor to the EO's "extreme vetting" of Muslims, and chronicled the government's attempts to resist disclosure of documents about this program. The original complaint was f…
POLICING
Wise v. Portland

3:20-cv-01193 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: July 24, 2020

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit was filed on July 22, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon by four individual plaintiffs represented by the ACLU Foundation of Oregon and private counsel. The complaint arose out of the protests that followed the police killing of George Floyd in May of 2020. After Mr. Floyd's killing protests broke out across the country condemning what happened to Mr. Floyd, police brutality, and racial inequality more generally. While the protests were mostly peaceful, ther…
POLICING
Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County v. City of Seattle

2:20-cv-00887 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: June 9, 2020

Case Ongoing

On June 9, 2020, Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County brought this lawsuit against the City of Seattle in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The complaint arose out of the protests that swept the nation following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Plaintiffs alleged that the Seattle police violated the First and Fourth Amendment and brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The First Amendment claim alleged that the Seattle police unlawfully infringed on …
POLICING
Don't Shoot Portland v. Wolf

1:20-cv-02040 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 27, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 15, 2021

This complaint was filed on July 27, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs were a group of women and women-founded organizations that were protesting in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in Portland, Oregon. They were represented by private counsel. After the police killing of George Floyd in May of 2020, the country saw large-scale civil unrest and demands for racial justice and police accountability. In Portland, the protests continued long…
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 Campaign Committee (DSCC). Marc Elias and his firm, along with Georgia private counsel, represented the plaintiffs. Pointing to a “complete meltdown” of the Georgia election system during the June 2020 primary election and asserting that “what’s past is prologue,” the plaintiffs wished to compel changes …
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 place, and avoiding going out in public and interacting with others as much as possible. Individuals, especially those over the age of sixty and those with preexisting conditions like asthma and autoimmune disorders, were encouraged to stay home as much as possible. Schools and daycares closed across …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Geissler v. Stirling

4:17-cv-01746 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: June 30, 2017

Closed Date: April 22, 2022

An individual with Hepatitis C who was incarcerated at the South Carolina Department of Corrections brought this pro se lawsuit on June 30, 2017. The plaintiff challenged the Department's testing and treatment protocols for Hepatitis C, alleging that the Department’s policies and practices fell below the constitutional standard of care. The Department’s conduct allegedly violated the Eighth Amendment and the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. The plaintiff sou…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
T.R. v. Dreyfus

2:09-cv-01677 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Nov. 24, 2009

Closed Date: Sept. 8, 2021

On November 24, 2009, Medicaid-eligible children with psychiatric and behavioral disorders living in Washington filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Represented by Disability Rights Washington, the National Health Law Program, the National Center for Youth Law, and private counsel, the plaintiffs sued the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services under the Medicaid Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act to addres…