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CASA, Inc. v. Noem

8:25-cv-01484 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case concerns the possible termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of Afghanistan and Cameroon. On May 7, 2025, CASA, Inc. filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its Secretary. The Plaintiff challenged the Defendants' reported attempt to terminate the TPS designations for Afghanistan and Cameroon. The Plaintiff alleged that the manner of these terminations violated the Ad…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates v. Rubio

1:25-cv-00287 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Jan. 30, 2025, is one of several challenging President Trump's effort to narrow birthright citizenship--the Fourteenth Amendment right to U.S. citizenship to individuals born on U.S. soil and "subject to the jurisdiction thereof." You can see all these cases here.  President Trump was sworn in to his second term as President on January 20, 2025, and immediately issued a number of Executive Orders--including Executive Or…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CASA, Inc. v. Noem

8:25-cv-00525 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 2025

Case Ongoing

On February 20, 2025, CASA, Inc. and Make the Road New York filed this lawsuit against Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland​. The Plaintiffs challenged Secretary Noem’s decisions (1) to vacate the January 17, 2025 extension of Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for Venezuelans through October 2, 2026; and (2) to terminate TPS for the Venezuelans who initially registered in 2023. You c…
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Virginia State Conference NAACP v. County School Board of Shenandoah County

5:24-cv-00040 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: June 11, 2024

Case Ongoing

This case challenges the change in school names that evoke discriminatory messages of Black inferiority and subjugation. In Shenandoah County of Virginia, there are two schools named “Stonewall Jackson High School” and “Ashby Lee Elementary School” in honor of two Confederate military heroes. These schools were renamed to reflect racial inclusivity in 2021. However, in 2024, the Shenandoah County School Board restored their original names. On June 11, 2024, the Virginia State Conference NAACP a…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Minnis v. Johnson

1:10-cv-00096 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Jan. 29, 2010

Closed Date: March 30, 2016

On January 29, 2010, prisoners in the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) who were deaf or hard of hearing filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, and Virginia state law against Virginia state agencies, departments, and employees thereof. The plaintiffs, represented by the Washington Lawyers Committee a…
EDUCATION
Charles H. v. District of Columbia

1:21-cv-00997 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 9, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the District of Columbia's alleged failure to provide special education and related services to incarcerated students during the COVID-19 pandemic.  D.C. Public Schools was the service provider for certain high school students with disabilities and special education needs, who were enrolled in the D.C. Jail's on-site school through the Inspiring Youth Program (IYP).  IYP Classes for were suspended on March 13, 2020.  For over a year, however, IYP students alleged that instr…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Little v. Washington Metro. Area Transit Auth.

1:14-cv-01289 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 30, 2014

Closed Date: April 27, 2018

On July 30, 2014, nine African American employees with criminal records filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and its contractors. The plaintiffs, represented by the NAACP, the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, and private counsel, sought a declaratory judgment that the practices of the WMATA and its contractors were unlawful and violated Title VII of the Civil Righ…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Heyer v. United States Bureau of Prisons

5:11-ct-03118 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: June 20, 2011

Closed Date: April 26, 2022

This case is about access to communication and auxiliary aids for deaf people in federal prison. On June 20, 2011, two deaf prisoners filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina against the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). Represented by private counsel and the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, the plaintiffs filed their lawsuit under Bivens and claimed violations of the Rehabilitation Act and the Religious Freedom Restoration …
PRISON CONDITIONS
McBride v. Michigan Department of Corrections

2:15-cv-11222 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 31, 2015

Closed Date: Dec. 12, 2023

On March 31, 2015, three incarcerated people filed this putative class action lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC), alleging that MDOC was discriminating against them and other deaf and hard of hearing prisoners. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, and was assigned to Judge Sean Cox. The plaintiffs were represented by Michigan Protection and Advocacy, the Washington Lawyers’ Committee and private counsel. The plaintiffs al…
POLICING
Black Lives Matter D.C. v. Trump

1:20-cv-01469 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 4, 2020

Case Ongoing

Black Lives Matter - D.C. and several individual protestors brought this lawsuit on June 4, 2020, in the U.S. District Court for the District of D.C. in response to President Trump's use of military police to disperse peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square Park on June 1, 2020. Protesters had gathered as part of the nationwide outcry following the police killing of George Floyd. Around 6:30 in the evening, following an order to clear the square from Attorney General Barr, military and federal …