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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
City of El Cenizo v. State of Texas

5:17-cv-00404 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: May 8, 2017

Case Ongoing

This suit challenged Texas's "Sanctuary City" legislation, Senate Bill 4 (SB4), which required local Texas law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration officials and punished them if they did not. Unlike the other suits in this special collection, this suit did not challenge President Trump's "Sanctuary City" Executive Order. There were three other cases addressing SB4 (in addition to this one). This case was before Judge Orlando L. Garcia, as was El Paso County v. Texas, No. 17-cv-004…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Rogelio Esqueda v. Kinecta Federal Credit Union

2:24-cv-03697 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 3, 2024

Case Ongoing

This is a case alleging loan discrimination against DACA recipients. The plaintiff, represented by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, filed a putative class action against Kinecta Federal Credit Union on May 3, 2024 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Plaintiff alleged that Kinecta discriminated against him, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and California anti-discrimination law, by denying him an auto loan because he obtained his social securi…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Lopez v. Noble Credit Union

24CECG00076 | California state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 5, 2024

Case Ongoing

This is a case about whether a California-based credit union illegally discriminated against loan or credit product applicants on the basis of immigration status. On January 5, 2024, a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient residing in California brought a putative class action lawsuit against Noble Credit Union (“Noble”) in the Superior Court of California, County of Fresno. The plaintiff brought her suit under California’s Civil Rights Act (California Civil Code §§ 51, et seq…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Flores v. Reno

2:85-cv-04544 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 11, 1985

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a very longstanding class action addressing appropriate treatment of noncitizen children in federal immigration custody. On March 26, 2020, plaintiffs filed an emergency motion seeking prompt release due to COVID-19 risks. On March 27, 2020, the court issued an order to the federal agencies detaining immigrant children to “make continuous efforts” to release the children from custody because of the risk posed to them by COVID-19 and to provide an accounting of their ef…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Comite De Jornaleros De Rancho Cucamonga Y Upland v. City of Cucamonga & City of Upland

5:02-cv-01010 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 19, 2002

Closed Date: Jan. 30, 2004

On September 19, 2002, an organization representing day laborers filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against the City of Cucamonga and the City of Upland. Plaintiffs claimed that the defendants had passed ordinances in 2001 to enforce anti-solicitation at one street corner, located at the cities’ boundary, and that the defendants were violating the First Amendment rights of day laborers by enforcing the ordinances. Plaintiffs were repres…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Society of St. Vincent De Paul of Santa Clara v. City of Los Altos

5:02-cv-00847 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2002

Closed Date: Aug. 19, 2004

On February 19, 2002, an organization representing day laborers filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343(a), and 2201, as well as 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the City of Los Altos, California. Plaintiffs claimed that the City was violating the First Amendment rights of day laborers by enforcing an ordinance that made it unlawful for any person occupying any unparked vehicle, or any person standing, sitting, walkin…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Comite de Jornaleros de Redondo Beach v. City of Redondo Beach

2:04-cv-09396 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 16, 2004

Closed Date: April 25, 2012

On November 16, 2004, two day laborers organizations filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343(a), and 2201, as well as 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the City of Redondo Beach, California. Plaintiffs claimed that the City violated the First Amendment rights of day laborers by enforcing an ordinance making it unlawful to stand on the sidewalk and solicit “employment, business, or contributions from an occupant of any m…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Comite De Jornaleros De Glendale v. City of Glendale

2:04-cv-03521 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 9, 2004

Closed Date: March 5, 2009

On May 19, 2004, an organization of day laborers filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343(a), and 2201, as well as 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the City of Glendale, California. Plaintiffs claimed that the City was violating the First Amendment rights of day laborers by enforcing an ordinance that made it unlawful to stand on the sidewalk and solicit “employment, business, or contributions of money or other property…
EDUCATION
Valeria v. Davis

3:98-cv-02252 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 3, 1998

Closed Date: Feb. 25, 2003

This lawsuit challenged California's Proposition 227, approved by voters in 1998, which concerned how students with limited English proficiency (LEP) were taught in the state's public schools. Proposition 227 changed the state's policy so that instead of having bilingual education programs, where LEP students were taught various subjects in their home language, schools would instead teach English to LEP students and teach other subjects in English. The plaintiffs, who were LEP students, filed a…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles v. Burke

2:98-cv-04863 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 17, 1998

Closed Date: Oct. 30, 2000

This case challenges a Los Angeles anti-solicitation ordinance designed to prevent immigrant day laborers from seeking work. On June 17, 1998, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) filed a complaint on behalf of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) and Sindicato de Trabajadores por Dia in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The lawsuit challenged Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 94-0043, which banned so…