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POLICING
White v. Sacramento Police Department

2:21-cv-02211 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 30, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case was filed by racial justice protesters for alleged abuse during the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 and continued violence during the January 2021 protests at the California State Capitol, where the plaintiffs alleged white supremacist and pro-police groups were allowed to demonstrate unharmed while the police inflicted violence on residents who showed up to support Black lives. On November 30, 2021, an individual woman filed this lawsuit in the Eastern District of California. The…
POLICING
Wolfe v. Portland

3:20-cv-01882 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Nov. 1, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case involved allegations that local, state, and federal law enforcement failed to accommodate people with disabilities during public assemblies and protests. Four Portland, Oregon residents with disabilities, along with Disability Rights Oregon, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Portland) on November 1, 2020. Defendants included the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Director of the U.S. Marshals, the Superintendent of the Oregon Sta…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
E.A.R.R. v. Department of Homeland Security

3:20-cv-02146 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 2, 2020

Case Ongoing

On November 2, 2020, asylum seekers with disabilities and health conditions filed this putative class-action suit against the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the Southern District of California. The suit alleged that defendants violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 by forcibly returning plaintiffs to Mexico under the Migrant Protection Protocols (the “MPP”). Under the MPP, asylum seekers enteri…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Rogers v. Colorado Department of Corrections

1:16-cv-02733 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Nov. 3, 2016

Case Ongoing

On November 3, 2016, a woman incarcerated in the custody of the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility filed this pro se lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The plaintiff sued the State of Colorado, the Colorado Department of Corrections, and the Warden of the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking damages. She claimed that defendants violated the ADA as well as her constitutional rights to du…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Mackes v. Colorado Department of Corrections

1:21-cv-01100 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: April 21, 2021

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit was filed on April 21, 2021 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado by two blind men in the custody of the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) as well as the National Federation of the Blind of Colorado, on behalf of the two men as well as other members who are or may be in the custody of CDOC. Plaintiffs were represented by the Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center and private counsel. They alleged that CDOC violated their rights under Title II of t…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Scott v. City and County of Denver

1:12-cv-00053 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Jan. 10, 2012

Closed Date: 2014

On January 10, 2012, a deaf individual who had been arrested and detained on a number of occasions since 2007 for violating his probation in Denver, CO, filed this complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against the City and County of Denver. He proceeded under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act; represented by attorneys from the Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center and the Center for Rights of Pare…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Fraihat v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

5:19-cv-01546 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 2019

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a preexisting class action addressing conditions of confinement in ICE custody, particularly for noncitizen detainees with medical or mental health needs, or other disabilities. On March 24, 2020, plaintiffs sought an emergency order addressing the COVID-19 infection risks of detainees with special risk factors, or releasing them. On April 20, 2020, the court granted the plaintiffs' motions for certification of subclass and preliminary injunction. The defendants appea…
DISABILITY RIGHTS/PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS
Tassinari v. Salvation Army National Corporation

1:21-cv-10806 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: May 14, 2021

Case Ongoing

On May 14, 2021, plaintiffs filed this class action suit against the Salvation Army National Corporation for discriminating against individuals with disabilities who use doctor-prescribed medication-assisted treatment (MAT). The plaintiffs have a history of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and have used MAT as part of their treatment regime. MAT, which the plaintiffs stated is the medically-recognized standard of care for treating OUD, combines therapeutic interventions with a doctor’s prescription fo…
DISABILITY RIGHTS/PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS
Castaneda v. Burger King Corporation

3:08-cv-04262 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 10, 2008

Closed Date: June 12, 2016

On September 10, 2008, a wheelchair user brought a class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of individuals with disabilities who encountered various barriers to accessibility at many of California's 92 Burger King restaurants. He alleged that inaccessible restrooms, high counters, seating areas, and other aspects of Burger King restaurants violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. § 12182(a)) and California statutes including the Un…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Teneng v. Trump

5:18-cv-01609 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2018

On August 1, 2018, six non-citizens detained at the Federal Correctional Institution Medium II, also called Victorville, filed this putative class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU and the Civil Rights Education Enforcement Center, among others, sued the President, the Attorney General, and the directors of the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Federal Bur…