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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

Case Ongoing

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…
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Wilson v. Secretary Department of Corrections

3:21-cv-00062 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: 2021

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United States v. Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania

2:22-cv-00709 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Feb. 24, 2022

Case Ongoing

The Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice brought this suit on February 24, 2022 against Pennsylvania's judicial system in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. DOJ alleged violations of the ADA by discriminating against individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) in its court supervision programs. According to the DOJ, the Pennsylvania judicial system prohibited or limited the use of OUD medication by individuals in “treatment court” programs…
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Cheek v. Massachusetts Parole Board

SJ-2021-0430 | Massachusetts state supreme court

Filed Date: Nov. 29, 2021

Case Ongoing

In 2021, ten people on parole sued the Massachusetts Parole Board, alleging that the board violated state law by denying termination of parole in virtually all cases. As a result, people were arbitrarily kept on parole for years or, in some cases, decades. Plaintiffs filed their complaint in the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County and were represented by Prison Legal Services and Swomley & Tennen, LLP. In 1955, Massachusetts passed GL c 127 § 130A, allowing the state to terminate an indiv…
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Wilkins v. Aberdeen Enterprises

4:17-cv-00606 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Nov. 2, 2017

Closed Date: March 12, 2021

On November 2, 2017, individuals facing arrest because of their inability to pay their court fines and costs filed this putative class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. The plaintiffs sued the Oklahoma Sheriff’s Association, every Oklahoma county sheriff, and Aberdeen Enterprises, a private collections company. The plaintiffs sued under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and Oklahoma state law. The plai…
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Heredia v. Landreman

3:19-cv-00338 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: April 30, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging Wisconsin's application of life-with-parole sentences for juvenile offenders. On April 30, 2019, the plaintiffs, a group of individuals who were sentenced to life with the possibility of parole while they were juveniles, filed this class action lawsuit in the Western District of Wisconsin. The plaintiffs sued the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and the Wisconsin Parole Commission. Represented by private counsel and the ACLU of Wisconsin, the plaintiffs sought decl…
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Civil Rights Corp v. Pestana

1:21-cv-09128 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 4, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about freedom of speech with regards to prosecutorial misconduct. Plaintiffs were Civil Rights Corp, a nonprofit dedicated to challenging systemic injustice, and private law professors, bringing a complaint against Corporation Counsel for the City of New York Georgia Pestana, Chair of the State of New York Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts Andrea E. Bonina, Chief Counsel of the Grievance Committee Diana Maxfield Kearse, District Attor…
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Brown v. City of Corinth

1:17-cv-00204 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Dec. 5, 2017

Closed Date: July 6, 2021

This was a case about excessive fines and fees. Plaintiffs were private citizens of Corinth, MS bringing a class action complaint against the City of Corinth and Municipal Court Judge John C. Ross. The action was brought in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi on December 5, 2017. Plaintiffs are represented by Southern Poverty Law Center and MacArthur Justice Center. The action was brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 2201 (The Declaratory Relief Act), and …
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Harper v. Professional Probation Services Inc.

2:17-cv-01791 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Oct. 23, 2017

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the constitutionality of a private probation company’s extension of probationers’ sentences pursuant to a contract with the Gardendale Municipal Court. On October 23, 2017, the Southern Poverty Law Center filed this lawsuit in the Northern District of Alabama on behalf of probationers who could not pay their fines immediately. They sued Professional Probation Services (PPS), the city of Gardendale, and the municipal court judge under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs sought …
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Giroir v. Leblanc

3:21-cv-00108 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections consistently over-detaining thousands of incarcerated people per year for nearly the past ten years. On February 19, 2021, an incarcerated person in DOC’s custody filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. The plaintiff sued the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections and the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.…