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Dundon v. Kirchmeier

1:16-cv-00406 | U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota

Filed Date: Dec. 28, 2016

Closed Date: Dec. 30, 2021

This is a putative class action about excessive police force used to disperse protestors of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). On November 20, 2016, the plaintiffs– Native Americans and other concerned citizens who referred to themselves as "water protectors"--gathered to pray and protest the DAPL at Backwater Bridge in North Dakota. They were met by local police forces who were armed with specialty impact munitions, teargas, and water cannons. Without warning, the police began to use force to …
POLICING
McCormick v. Lawrence, Kansas

2002-cv-000512 | Kansas state trial court

Filed Date: Sept. 24, 2002

Closed Date: Oct. 29, 2007

On September 24, 2002, Plaintiff filed a lawsuit under K.S.A. 22-2521, K.S.A. 22-2522, and K.S.A. 22-2523 against the City of Lawrence and Lawrence police officers in the Douglas District Court. Plaintiff, represented by private counsel, asked for actual damages and costs, alleging that Lawrence police officers illegally subjected him to a strip and body cavity search. Specifically, Plaintiff alleged that on June 9, 1999, Lawrence police officers arrested him and put him in the back of a patr…
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Coleman v. Brookside

2:22-cv-00423 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 4, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a class-action lawsuit challenging a small town’s practice of over-policing to generate revenue through fines and fees. On April 4, 2022, a group of individuals whom the Brookside police detained in traffic stops filed this complaint and motion for class certification in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. The plaintiffs sued the Town of Brookside, Alabama, Jett's Towing, and three Brookside police officers in their individual capacities, seeking redress for Fo…
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Sow v. City of New York

1:21-cv-00533 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 21, 2021

Case Ongoing

Ten New York residents, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, brought this class action against the City of New York and the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) on January 21, 2021 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C § 1983, alleging excessive force and unlawful seizure in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments; First Amendment violations, including retaliation for the exercise of First Amendment r…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Rights Oregon v. Washington County

3:24-cv-00235 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Feb. 5, 2024

Case Ongoing

This case challenges Washington County’s practice of dispatching armed law enforcement officers, rather than qualified mental health professionals, as first responders to mental health emergencies. On February 5, 2024, a private individual and Disability Rights Oregon filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon against Washington County and the Washington County Consolidated Communications Agency (“WCCCA”), the County’s 911 dispatch center. The plaintiffs brought th…
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Sierra v. City of New York

1:20-cv-10291 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 7, 2020

Case Ongoing

On December 7, 2020, four private individuals who attended racial justice protests in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the City of New York, the New York City Police Department (the NYPD), City officials, and police officers in their individual capacities. The plaintiffs brought this action on behalf of themselves and  a putative class under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to remedy violations of their First, Fourth, a…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Fenico v. City of Philadelphia

2:20-cv-03336 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: July 8, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case is about whether the City of Philadelphia’s decision to take disciplinary action against city police officers for using Facebook to openly denigrate various minority groups and glorify the use of violence constituted impermissible First Amendment retaliation. The plaintiffs were a group of twelve current and former Philadelphia Police Officers who were terminated, suspended, and/or disciplined after an online database aggregated and published highly offensive Facebook posts that they …
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Tapps v. McClendon

2:22-cv-00013 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Jan. 4, 2022

Closed Date: Sept. 15, 2023

On January 4, 2022, an African American, Louisiana resident filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office (“JPSO”), Hum Management LLC (“Hum”), and a JPSO deputy in his individual capacity. The plaintiff brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to remedy violations of her Fourth Amendment rights as well as several state law claims, including: (1) unreasonable seizure in violation of Louisiana Constitution Article I, S…
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Williams v. City of Detroit

2:21-cv-10827 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 13, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case involves the use of Facial Recognition Technology (“FRT”) by the Detroit Police Department (“DPD”). The plaintiff, a Black individual, represented by the ACLU of Michigan and the University of Michigan's Civil Rights Litigation Initiative, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on April 13, 2021. The plaintiff sued the City of Detroit (“City”), the DPD Chief, and an individual DPD detective under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleged that the DPD used a blur…
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Clark v. City of New York

1:18-cv-02334 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 16, 2018

Case Ongoing

On March 16, 2018, the nonprofit Turning Point for Women and Families and individuals who were forced to remove their religious head coverings for post-arrest photographs while in the custody of the New York Police Department filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the City of New York under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), § 1983 for violations of plaintiffs’ right to freely exercise…