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Ross v. Blount

2:19-cv-11076 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 14, 2019

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the constitutionality of Wayne County, Michigan's cash bail system. On April 14, 2019, several pre-trial detainees in Wayne County Jail filed this class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs sued the 36th District Court in Detroit, the Wayne County Sheriff's Office (WCSO), the Chief Judge, and five Magistrates of the 26th District Court in their official capacities under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, repr…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood of Michigan v. Attorney General of Michigan

22-000044-MM | Michigan state trial court

Filed Date: April 7, 2022

Closed Date: Sept. 7, 2022

This case is plaintiffs’ effort to avoid the triggering of Michigan’s dormant anti-abortion law. Michigan’s 1931 felony abortion law, MCL 750.14, criminalizes providing an abortion in almost all circumstances and threatens physicians who perform the procedure with imprisonment. MCL 750.14 was never repealed; it has not been enforced because of the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade holding that the U.S. Constitution protects the right to get an abortion. The Michigan Supreme Court has yet …
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

Petitioners in this class action/habeas petition are Iraqi nationals—many, perhaps most, Chaldean Christian—who have resided in the United States for many years. They have 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. In early 2017, political negotiation by the Trump administration with Iraq (related to Iraq's desire to be taken off the Trump Executive Order travel-ban list) led to Iraq’s agreeme…
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…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Ackerman v. Washington

4:13-cv-14137 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Sept. 27, 2013

Case Ongoing

This case concerns a Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) policy enacted in 2013 that replaced all previously offered religious diets with a vegan one. On September 27, 2013, three Orthodox Jewish men who were incarcerated at Central Michigan Correctional Facility filed this lawsuit pro se against MDOC’s Director, Special Activities Coordinator, and Food Service Director in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They sought declaratory and inju…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
One Michigan v. Johnson

2:12-cv-15551 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2012

Closed Date: Feb. 5, 2013

One Michigan, an organization for immigrant youths, and four Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients brought this lawsuit against the Michigan Secretary of State after they were unable to obtain drivers licenses because of their immigration status. The case was filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on December 19, 2012, where it was assigned to District Judge Patrick J. Duggan. Represented by the ACLU of Michigan, the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project,…
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

COVID-19 Summary: This is a habeas action brought on behalf of classes of pre-trial and post-trial detainees at the Oakland County Jail, seeking release in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The plaintiffs also sought an injunction that would require the defendants to take concrete steps towards protecting those in the jail from COVID-19. On May 21, the judge conditionally certified the class and granted the preliminary injunction, requiring the jail to take certain safety and hygiene measures. Th…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Arab American Civil Rights League (ACRL) v. Trump

2:17-cv-10310 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2017

Closed Date: March 11, 2021

On January 31, 2017, the Arab American Civil Rights League (ACLR) and seven of its individual members filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (in Detroit). The plaintiffs sued President Trump, the Department of Homeland Security, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection under the Declaratory Judgment Act (28 U.S.C. §2201), the Administrative Procedures Act (5 U.S.C. §5), and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. They claimed that President Trump’s execu…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Hill v. Snyder

2:10-cv-14568 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Nov. 17, 2010

Closed Date: Nov. 17, 2020

This is a lawsuit challenging mandatory life sentences without parole for juveniles in Michigan.On November 17, 2010, juvenile prisoners filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the State of Michigan, challenging the state law that prohibited the Michigan Parole Board from considering for parole juveniles who were sentenced to life in prison without parole for first-degree murder. The plaintiffs, represented by counsel from the American…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Morningside Community Organization v. Sabree

16-08807 | Michigan state trial court

Filed Date: July 13, 2016

Case Ongoing

On July 13, 2016, several Detroit homeowners and a coalition of neighborhood associations from throughout the city filed this class-action lawsuit against the Wayne County Treasurer alleging Fair Housing Act (FHA) and due process violations. The plaintiffs alleged that homeowners in Detroit were being charged unlawfully assessed taxes because the city of Detroit did not reduce the property assessments when the value of their properties declined before and after the 2008 recession. The plaintiff…