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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 is a case challenging 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…
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…
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 MCL 750.14 was never repealed; it has not been enforced because of the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade holding that the U.S. Constitution protects the right to get an abortion.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 …
EDUCATION
Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality by any Means Necessary (BAMN) v. Granholm

2:06-cv-15024 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Nov. 8, 2006

Case Ongoing

Until and through the latter part of 2006, the University of Michigan's admissions policies allowed for the consideration of race among the factors it considered in making admissions decisions. In 2003, this policy was expressly approved by the United States Supreme Court in Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003). On November 7, 2006, the people of Michigan approved by majority vote a statewide ballot initiative, Proposal 2, which amended the Michigan Constitution to prohibit discrimination…
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…
POLICING
McCadden v. Flint

2:18-cv-12377 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: July 31, 2018

Case Ongoing

On October 12th, 2015, the plaintiff, who was a black 7 year-old with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), was attending after school program administered by defendant Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce. While there, the plaintiff experienced some behavioral challenges related to his disability, which staff were aware of. The plaintiff’s behavior reportedly involved kicking a supply cart and running around on the bleachers. Staff requested a school resource officer (SRO), who arriv…
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
Albino-Martinez v. Adducci

2:20-cv-10893 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 7, 2020

Closed Date: May 1, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: Five immigration detainees filed a habeas petition and a motion for a temporary restraining order challenging their continued detention in Michigan jails despite their heightened vulnerability to COVID-19. On April 14, the district court denied the plaintiffs' request for a TRO. On April 29, the court issued an opinion denying the plaintiffs' habeas petition and dismissing their claims. On April 7, 2020, five immigration detainees filed a habeas petition and lawsuit in the U.S…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Malam v. Adducci

5:20-cv-10829 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 30, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: In this case filed March 30, 2020, by a particularly vulnerable immigration detainee, the Court granted release on April 5, holding that ongoing detention was unlawfully punitive given the grave threat posed by detention during the coronavirus pandemic. Additional detainees intervened, and the Court has granted additional releases and has converted the TROs ordering releases into preliminary injunctions. The Court certified a class, instituted procedures for bail applications …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Michigan State A. Philip Randolph Institute v. Johnson

2:16-cv-11844 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: May 24, 2016

On May 24, 2016, the Michigan State A. Philip Randolph Institute and three Michigan voters filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs sued the Michigan Secretary of State under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sought declaratory and injunctive relief to prevent enforcement of Michigan's 2015 Public Act …