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Americans for Immigration Justice v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:22-cv-03118 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 13, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about access to legal counsel for people in immigration detention facilities.  On October 13, 2022, five legal services providers filed suit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The complaint alleged that ICE policies prevented detained people from accessing their attorneys in four immigration detention centers, in violation of the First and Fifth Amendmen…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Ruiz v. Estelle

4:78-cv-00987 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: June 1, 1972

Closed Date: June 17, 2002

This was a prisoner led class action which broadly challenged conditions and practices within the Texas state prison system. Issues covered included overcrowding, inadequate healthcare, unsafe working conditions, inadequate access to the justice system, and severe and arbitrary disciplinary procedures. The plaintiff’s 1980 trial victory was followed by over two decades of appeals and negotiations which culminated in numerous consent decrees. As one of the longest running prisoners' lawsuit in U…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Dockery v. Epps

3:13-cv-00326 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: May 30, 2013

Case Ongoing

On May 30, 2013, prisoners in the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF) filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. The plaintiffs sued the Mississippi Department of Corrections commissioner, deputy commissioner, and chief medical officer in their official capacities under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by attorneys from the ACLU National Prison Project and the Southern Poverty Law Center, asked the court for declar…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Parsons v. Ryan

2:12-cv-00601 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: March 22, 2012

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: In this preexisting class action addressing medical care in Arizona's prisons, the district court denied COVID-19 emergency relief on March 23, 2020. Notwithstanding the grave threats posed by congregate imprisonment during the pandemic, the court held that the emergency measures sought by the plaintiffs were outside of its authority under the settlement agreement in this case. However, the Court did (subsequently) order Arizona to disclose to class counsel who had been tested…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Farmer v. Brennan

3:91-cv-00716 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Aug. 20, 1991

Closed Date: 1997

In this case, Dee Farmer, a transgender prisoner in the custody of the federal Bureau of Prisons, sued prison officials for failing to protect her from rape. The suit was first heard in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, where it was assigned to Judge John C. Shabaz. The plaintiff’s complaint, as amended on December 13, 1991, claimed that officials within the BOP showed “deliberate indifference” to a risk of violence by placing the plaintiff in the general prison populat…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Iglesias v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

3:19-CV-00415 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 12, 2019

Case Ongoing

In this case, a transgender person incarcerated in the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) sought gender-affirming health care and placement in a women's prison. The plaintiff, who was assigned male at birth, filed a pro se complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois on April 12, 2019. The case was assigned to District Judge J. Phil Gilbert. In her complaint, she brought numerous legal claims against BOP officials centered around the agency's failure to provide her wi…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Escalante v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

1:22-cv-00541 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 1, 2022

Closed Date: March 11, 2022

This is a putative class action lawsuit brought by medically vulnerable individuals in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody who were refused a COVID booster vaccine. On March 1, 2022, plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued ICE and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security alleging violations of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Administrative Procedure Act for failure to provide reasonable accommoda…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Lyon v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

3:13-cv-05878 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2013

On December 19, 2013, four immigration detainees of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California under 28 U.S.C. § 2201 against ICE and the Department of Homeland Security. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU and private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that ICE violated the plaintiffs’ rights under the First and Fifth Amendments and the Immigration an…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Barnett v. Tony

0:20-cv-61113 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: June 5, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a class-action lawsuit about the sufficiency of COVID-19 safety protocols at Broward County Jails, administered by the Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO). On June 5, 2020, thirteen named plaintiffs and a local NGO, Disability Rights Florida, represented by the ACLU, filed the case seeking a writ of habeas corpus and injunctive and declaratory relief. Plaintiffs alleged that the BSO knowingly failed to adopt and implement adequate policies and procedures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. T…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Shaikh v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

1:22-cv-00231 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2022

Closed Date: Feb. 25, 2022

This case, filed by the ACLU on behalf of five individuals in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers, sought to acquire mRNA COVID-19 vaccine boosters for eligible individuals in detention centers. On January 31, 2022, the plaintiffs filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against ICE and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The plaintiffs alleged that ICE's failure to provide COVID vaccine booster shots to 5 immigration detainees was …