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Huggins v. ABK Tracking, Inc.

3:22-cv-00135 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2022

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(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) This case in Indiana is about Vanderburgh County's practice, in collaboration with a private corporation known as ABK, of charging exorbitant fees for drug and alcohol testing, as well as electronic monitoring. The county's practice includes putting those who cannot pay in jail.
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Pennington v. Taylor

2:19-cv-00695 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Sept. 19, 2019

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary while we research the case) On September 19, 2019, attorneys from the Juvenile Law Center and Southern Poverty Law Center, representing plaintiffs who as children were tried and convicted as adults, filed a lawsuit against Alabama's Attorney General, the Secretary of Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, and others in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Plaintiffs alleged state's Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act was an unconst…
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Horton v. Rangos

2:22-cv-01391 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 2, 2022

(This summary is temporary while we research the case) On October 2, 2022, six currently detained individuals filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against three Allegheny County judges, the County Jail Warden, the Directory of Probation, and other probation officials. Plaintiffs alleged that Allegheny County's pervasive use of probation detainers violates their Fourteenth Amendment rights and state constitutional rights.  
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Egana v. Blair's Bail Bonds, Inc.

2:17-cv-05899 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: June 16, 2017

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(This summary is temporary while we research the case) On June 19, 2017, the Southern Poverty Law Center filed suit against two New Orleans bail bond companies that worked with two other businesses to charge clients hidden and illegal fees in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Plaintiffs sought damages on behalf of named plaintiffs and other class members for violations of the Truth in Lending Act and federal and state racketeering laws based on kidnapping, …
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Beatty v. Lamont

3:22-cv-00380 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: March 14, 2022

(This summary is temporary while we research the case) On March 14, 2022, two plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU, filed suit against Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont and Attorney General William Tong in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of all people who owe prison debt to the state and alleged that the prison debt law violated the excessive fines clause of the U.S. Constitution.  
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Hoffman v. Jindal

3:12-cv-00796 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Dec. 20, 2012

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On December 20, 2012, an individual sentenced to die by execution filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, challenging Louisiana's lack of standardized execution protocols as a violation of the former's right against cruel and unusual punishment. The plaintiff sought injunctive relief.
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Singleton v. Taylor

2:20-cv-00099 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2020

(This summary is temporary while we research the case) On February 12, 2020, the Southern Poverty Law Center, ACLU and National Law Center of Homelessness & Poverty filed suit against the City of Montgomery, the Sheriff of Montgomery County, and the Secretary of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. Plaintiffs alleged that the state's laws against panhandling violated the First Amendment's freedom of speech and sought to enjoi…
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Progeny v. City of Wichita

6:21-cv-01100 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: April 15, 2021

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This is a case challenging the Wichita Police Department’s (WPD) usage of gang lists, alleging that they imposed a disparate impact on Black and Latinx residents and that they were unconstitutional in their implementation. The plaintiffs, Progeny (a community based organization seeking to prevent the incarceration of young people) and private individuals within Wichita who had been impacted by these policies, were represented by Kansas Appleseed Center for Law & Justice and the ACLU of Kansas. …
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Owens v. Stirling

2021CP4002306 | South Carolina state trial court

(This summary is temporary while we research the case) Three individuals sentenced to death filed suit against the Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections and the Governor of South Carolina in state's Court of Common Pleas for the Fifth Judicial Circuit, claiming that executions carried out by electrocution and firing squad violate the state constitution. 
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Ross v. Blount

2:19-cv-11076 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 14, 2019

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This is a case challenging the constitutionality of Wayne County, Michigan's cash bail system. On April 14, 2019, several pre-trial detainees in Wayne County Jail filed this class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs sued the 36th District Court in Detroit, the Wayne County Sheriff's Office (WCSO), the Chief Judge, and five Magistrates of the 26th District Court in their official capacities under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs…