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JAIL CONDITIONS
Swain v. Junior

1:20-cv-21457 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: April 5, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: On April 4, 2020, individuals detained in Miami-Dade County jails filed a class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, seeking habeas, injunctive, and declaratory relief. The court granted plaintiff’s motion for a TRO and preliminary injunction in part, and the defendants appealed to the Eleventh Circuit. On June 15, the Eleventh Circuit vacated the preliminary injunction. A jury trial was scheduled for March 1, 2021, but the case was…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Ryan v. Smith

3:20-cv-00843 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Dec. 14, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID Summary: This is a class action suit regarding the legality of detention orders that are holding detainees at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for up to years and detrimental to life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The plaintiffs moved for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction on December 14, 2020, but withdrew the request for a temporary restraining order in January 2021. A settlement conference is scheduled for March 11, and a joint status report is due on March 21. This …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Applewhite v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

12-00330 | Pennsylvania state trial court

Filed Date: 2012

Closed Date: 2014

In March 2012, the Pennsylvania legislature passed Act 18, also known as the Pennsylvania Voter ID Law. The law required presentation of a photo identification card for most registered voters to cast a ballot. It also stated that the primary form of identification required was a Department of Transportation (PennDOT) driver's license or the non-driver equivalent. It provided that these identification cards would be provided "at no cost" if the applicant declared under oath that he or she lack…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Texas v. Holder

1:12-cv-00128 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 24, 2012

Closed Date: 2014

This case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by the State of Texas on January 24, 2012, which sought judicial approval of its voter ID law. Texas was required by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act to seek either U.S. Department of Justice or federal court "preclearance" of the law, prior to its implementation. The U.S. Department of Justice opposed preclearance. On August 30, 2012, a three-judge federal district court denied the necessary approval, because Texa…
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…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Service Employees International Union, Local #1 v. Husted

2:12-cv-00562 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: June 22, 2012

Closed Date: 2016

This litigation involves two related cases filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The lead case was filed on June 22, 2012, by a number of unions, including Service Employees International Union Local 1 (SEIU), against the State of Ohio challenging several provisions of Ohio's election code. The related case, Ne. Ohio Coal. for the Homeless v. Husted, VR-OH-0081 had been filed in 2006 by the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH) and others, challenging …
POLICING
Templeton v. Dotson

4:14-cv-02019 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Dec. 8, 2014

Closed Date: 2015

On December 8, 2014, residents of St. Louis and Ferguson, MO, filed this lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The plaintiffs sued the co-directors of the Unified Command, which was responsible for oversight and control of all the law enforcement response to demonstrations following the killing of Michael Brown. The plaintiffs were represented by attorneys from ArchCity Defenders, Saint Louis University Legal Clinic, Advancement Project, Saint Louis Law School, …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Belton, Jr. v. East Baton Rouge Parish Prison

3:20-cv-00278 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: May 4, 2020

Closed Date: Feb. 4, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action filed by inmates in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, seeking the release of medically vulnerable people and appropriate hygiene and social distancing measures for those still in the facility. The court denied to enter a temporary restraining order on July 3, and on February 4, 2021 the court granted the defendants' motions to dismiss. On May 5, 2020, an incarcerated person in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison filed this pro se action in the U.S. Dist…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Russell v. Wayne County

2:20-cv-11094 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: May 4, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action complaint brought by six detainees in Wayne County Jail, seeking injunctive, declaratory and habeas relief. The petitioners sought the release or transfers to home confinement of medically vulnerable inmates in light of the virus, as well as an injunction requiring COVID-19 mitigation measures. The case was almost immediately stayed and the issues moved to a longstanding state-court litigation about the jail's conditions, Wayne County Jail Inmates v. Wa…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Baker v. Florissant

4:16-cv-01693 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Oct. 31, 2016

Case Ongoing

On October 31st, 2016, a group of Plaintiffs who had been jailed for their inability to pay fines owed to the City of Florissant, Missouri for traffic tickets or other minor municipal offenses, sued the City for this violation of due process in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The Plaintiffs are represented by the Advancement Project, ArchCity Defenders, Inc., and private counsel. The Plaintiffs sued the City of Florissant, MO under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging violati…