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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ramos-Gomez v. Adducci

2:19-cv-13475 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Nov. 22, 2019

Closed Date: Jan. 26, 2022

This case challenged the detention of an American military veteran in an immigration facility despite evidence of the veteran’s citizenship status.  On November 22, 2019, a 28-year-old United States citizen and marine officer filed a complaint against the Field Office Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Detroit Field Office, and two officers of ICE. The Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint was on April 20, 2024 adding as Defendants a supervisory Detention and Deport…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

1:25-cv-00184 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 22, 2025

Case Ongoing

On January 22, 2025, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (“ACLU of Michigan”) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”), and the agencies’ respective secretaries in their official capacities. The complaint alleged that a federal regulation—the so-called “Records Rule”—was both contrary to the law as it exceeded statutory authority and was arbitrar…
EDUCATION
D.R. ex rel. Richardson v. Michigan Department of Education

2:16-cv-13694 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Oct. 18, 2016

Case Ongoing

On October 18, 2016, families in Flint, Michigan filed this putative class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The case was assigned to Judge Arthur J. Tarnow. The plaintiffs sued the Michigan Department of Education (MDE), Flint Community Schools (FCS), and the Genesee Intermediate School District (GISD) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400, § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and Title II of the Americans with…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hamama v. Adducci

2:17-cv-11910 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 15, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case concerns a habeas petition and the due process rights of detained Iraqi Americans facing deportation to Iraq. Petitioners in this class action/habeas petition were Iraqi nationals, including many Chaldean Christians, who had resided in the United States for many years. They had been subject to final orders of removal for years, but the U.S. government permitted them to reside in the community under orders of supervision. After the Trump Administration negotiated with Iraq in early 201…
POLICING
Sankofa v. Rose

2:21-cv-11468 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 23, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the unlawful traffic stop of two African American residents of Detroit who were racially profiled and subject to an unreasonable search and seizure.  On June 23, 2021, two African American residents of Detroit filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs sued four employees of the Michigan State Police under 42 USC § 1983. Represented by the ACLU Fund of Michigan, the plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief as w…
POLICING
Bryant v. Taylor, City of

2:22-cv-12066 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Sept. 1, 2022

Closed Date: March 11, 2024

This case concerns the constitutionality of the Taylor Police Department (TPD)’s seizure of a disabled person’s dog. On September 1, 2022, a Black individual with a physical disability sued the City of Taylor, two individual TPD officers, and an animal control officer under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The motivation for this lawsuit arose when the plaintiff’s dog pulled a lead line into his crate and entangled his leg. After the pla…
POLICING
Strickland v. City of Detroit

2:18-cv-12640 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Aug. 23, 2018

Case Ongoing

This case concerns allegations of a racially discriminatory work environment within the Detroit Police Department (“DPD”). On August 23, 2018, a Black DPD officer sued the City of Detroit (“City”), the DPD, the DPD Chief, five DPD officers, and twenty City employees in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Represented by the ACLU of Michigan, the plaintiff sued under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983, and Michigan state law. The compla…
EDUCATION
Hile v. Michigan, State of

1:21-cv-00829 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Sept. 23, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case concerns an effort to challenge the Michigan Constitution's ban on using public funds to support the attendance of any student at any private school, regardless of the school's religious status. On September 23, 2021, five families and the Parent Advocates for Choice in Education Foundation (PACE Foundation) brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the state of Michigan in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. The plaintiff families all resided in Michigan, wi…
POLICING
Williams v. City of Detroit

2:21-cv-10827 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 13, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case involves the use of Facial Recognition Technology (“FRT”) by the Detroit Police Department (“DPD”). The plaintiff, a Black individual, represented by the ACLU of Michigan and the University of Michigan's Civil Rights Litigation Initiative, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on April 13, 2021. The plaintiff sued the City of Detroit (“City”), the DPD Chief, and an individual DPD detective under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleged that the DPD used a blur…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Concerned Pastors for Social Action v. Khouri

2:16-cv-10277 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Jan. 27, 2016

Case Ongoing

On January 27, 2016, Concerned Pastors for Social Action filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs sued the state of Michigan and the city of Flint under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. §300j-8(a). The plaintiffs, represented by counsel from the ACLU, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and private counsel, sought declaratory and injunctive relief. Specifically, the plaintiffs requested that the court: (1) declare the de…