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Plaintiffs #1-21 v. The County of Suffolk

2:15-cv-02431 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: April 29, 2015

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the Suffolk County Police Department’s failure to investigate and eliminate discriminatory patterns and practices such as targeting Latinos for traffic and pedestrian stops, stealing their personal property, and engaging in harassing behavior. On April 29, 2015, the plaintiffs, 20 Latino residents of Suffolk County, New York, filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the County of Suffolk, the Suffol…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Centro de la Comunidad Hispana v. Town of Oyster Bay

2:10-cv-02262 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: May 18, 2010

Closed Date: Nov. 25, 2019

On May 18, 2010, two organizations comprised of day laborers and/or predominately Latino immigrant workers filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York under the First and Fourteenth Amendments against the Town of Oyster Bay. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU and LatinoJustice PRLDEF, sought injunctive relief, declaratory relief, and attorneys' fees and costs, claiming that the defendants, through the passage of an ordinance prohibiting the …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Nielsen v. DeSantis

4:20-cv-00236 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: March 16, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 5, 2020

This case is about large-scale voter disenfranchisement in Florida at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2020, Florida reported 149 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The State of Florida imposed numerous restrictions in response to the virus. Universities sent home students, Supervisors of Elections closed or moved numerous polling stations, and numerous individuals quarantined. Despite these circumstances, state officials still planned to hold the Florida presidential primary as sched…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Gonzalez v. Moore

1:19-cv-03035 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: July 2, 2019

Closed Date: Feb. 20, 2020

On July 2, 2019, a United States citizen born in Puerto Rico filed this putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The plaintiff sued the Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS) and an inspector of the Georgia DDS under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201-2202, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000d). The plaintiff, represented by the Southern Center for Human Rights and LatinoJustice P…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Asencio v. Federal Emergency Management Agency

4:18-cv-40111 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: June 30, 2018

Closed Date: 2018

On June 30, 2018, eight Hurricane Maria evacuees from Puerto Rico who were receiving Transitional Shelter Assistance from Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) filed this putative class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The case was assigned to District Judge Timothy S. Hillman. The plaintiffs sued FEMA under the Administrative Procedures Act and the Declaratory Judgment Act. The plaintiffs, represented by LatinoJustice PRLDEF (Puerto Rican Lega…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Gonzalez v. Pritzker

1:10-cv-03105 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 13, 2010

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2016

On April 13, 2010, rejected U.S. Census Bureau job applicants filed an employment discrimination class action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs, represented by a coalition of public interest attorney organizations and private counsel, alleged that Census hiring procedures, which pre-screened all applicants with arrest records, violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The Census screened out applicants whose names turn up in an FBI database, indi…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Arcia v. Detzner

1:12-cv-22282 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: June 17, 2012

Closed Date: 2012

On June 17, 2012, this fourth lawsuit over Florida's voter purge program was filed by a group of civil and voting rights organizations against the Florida Secretary of State under Section 1983, the Voting Rights Act, and the National Voter Registration Act. They argue that the purge program discriminated against black and Latino citizens, and that it illegally happened within 90 days of a federal election.Before trial, the two sides entered into a stipulation regarding some of the claims. Flor…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Central Alabama Fair Housing Center v. Magee

2:11-cv-00982 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Nov. 18, 2011

Closed Date: 2014

On November 18, 2011, two undocumented Mexican immigrants and three Alabama fair housing groups filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama under the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601 et seq., and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the State of Alabama. The plaintiffs, represented by the National Immigration Law Center, the ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center, LatinoJustice, and private counsel, sought injunctive relief, declaratory relief, compensat…
POLICING
Ligon v. City of New York

1:12-cv-02274 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 28, 2012

Case Ongoing

This is one of four ongoing cases challenging the constitutionality of the New York Police Department's "Stop and Frisk" program. See: Floyd v. City of New York; Daniels v. City of New York; and Davis v. City of New York. On March 28, 2012, twelve New York City residents and one former New York City resident filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the City of New York and the New York City Police Department (NYPD) on behalf of a class of similarl…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Lowcountry Immigration Coalition v. Haley

2:11-cv-02779 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: Oct. 12, 2011

Case Ongoing

On October 12, 2011, a coalition of immigrant rights groups and individual immigrants filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, Charleston Division, against the State of Carolina and Charleston County. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU of South Carolina, the national ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the National Immigration Law Center, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), the …