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Bledsoe v. Willis

5:21-cv-04367 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case challenged what it alleged was a malicious prosecution following a blatantly deficient police investigation and alleged wrongful arrest without probable cause. On December 21, 2021, the plaintiff filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. He sued the Shreveport Police Department and the Caddo Parish District Attorney’s Office under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by the ACLU of Louisiana and private counsel, the plaintiff alleged that the District A…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Saddozai v. Davis

5:18-cv-05558 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 11, 2018

Case Ongoing

This case involved allegations of excessive force by a correctional officer. On September 11, 2018, a prisoner in San Quentin State Prison filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against a correctional officer in San Quentin State Prison under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Originally filing pro se, the plaintiff alleged that he was attacked by other incarcerated individuals when the defendant correctional officer intervened by shooting the plaintiff se…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. McIver

2:25-mj-15118 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: May 19, 2025

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On May 19, 2025, the United States Department of Justice under the second Trump administration filed charges against the a Democratic United States Representative in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. The charges accused the Representative of assault that the DOJ alleged occurred during a visit to a New Jersey immigrant detention center. 
POLICING
People v. Armstrong

21-003294-FH | Michigan state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 23, 2021

Case Ongoing

This criminal case involved whether evidence of a crime obtained only because of detention based on the smell of marijuana can be admitted as evidence in a criminal trial. On October 8, 2020, law enforcement officers approached a parked car because they smelled marijuana, which had been legalized in Michigan. They spoke with both occupants and instructed the defendant out, then conducted a search and found a gun under the front passenger's seat. He was charged with carrying a concealed weapon, …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Baraka

2:25-mj-11131 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: May 9, 2025

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On May 9, 2025, the United States Department of Justice under the second Trump administration filed charges against the Mayor of Newark in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. The charges accused the Mayor of trespass after he visited a New Jersey immigrant detention center. The charges were dismissed with prejudice on May 21.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Does v. Snyder (Does II)

2:16-cv-13137 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2016

Closed Date: May 5, 2022

This case involved a class action lawsuit on behalf of all people required to register under Michigan’s Sex Offender Registry Act (SORA). On August 30, 2016, the plaintiff filed this lawsuit on behalf of himself and similarly situated plaintiffs in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Southern Division against the governor of Michigan and the director of the Michigan State Police under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Represented by private co…
POLICING
Cottman v. Baltimore Police Department

1:21-cv-00837 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 1, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the Baltimore Police Department (“BPD”) policy and practice of searching, seizing, retaining, and destroying the personal property of victims of violent crimes. On April 1, 2021, three plaintiffs filed this class-action lawsuit against BPD and the City of Baltimore in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Represented by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and private counsel, the plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that BPD’s pract…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Parnell v. City of Berkeley

3:23-cv-06379 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 11, 2023

Closed Date: Dec. 13, 2024

This case arose from a city’s plan to imminently clear an encampment of unhoused individuals with little notice. On December 11, 2023, three unhoused individuals filed suit against the City of Berkeley to prevent their eviction from an encampment at 8th and Harrison Streets. Proceeding pro se (that is, representing themselves), the plaintiffs filed their lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, where it was assigned to District Judge Edward M. Chen. The plaint…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Lutrario v. City of Hollywood, Florida

0:23-cv-60806 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: May 2, 2023

Closed Date: Nov. 30, 2023

This case is a constitutional challenge to anti-panhandling statutes. The plaintiff, represented by the Florida Justice Institute, sued the city of Hollywood, Florida in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on May 2, 2023. The plaintiff sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the city's ordinance imposing various restrictions on panhandling, including a permit requirement, violated his right to free speech under the First Amendment. The plaintiff sought declaratory an…
EDUCATION
Bedi v. United States House of Representatives Committee on Education and Workforce

1:25-cv-03837 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 9, 2025

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit challenges congressional action taken against Northwestern University. On April 9, 2025, the plaintiffs – two clinical professors of law at Northwestern University – filed suit against three government defendants – the  U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Workforce, and two U.S. House Member in their capacity as Committee Chair and Subcommittee Chair respectively – and three nominal defendants – Northwestern University, the President of Northwestern University,…