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In re Clark

13-80100 | No Court

Filed Date: 2013

On August 1, 2012, an assistant federal public defender for the District of Oregon filed a complaint under the Employment Dispute Resolution Plan for Federal Public Defenders and Staff (“Plan”), claiming discrimination on the basis of her sexual orientation. The complainant’s same-sex spouse was denied health benefits under the Federal Employees Health Care Benefits ("FEHB") program. The Federal Employees Health Benefits Act ("FEHBA") established the FEHB program, which provides FPD employees a…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Nappier v. Snyder

1:16-cv-00636 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 23, 2016

Case Ongoing

On March 23, 2016, a resident of Flint, Michigan filed this class action lawsuit in the Michigan Court of Claims on behalf of her child and all other children in Flint who suffered brain damage from drinking unsafe tap water during the Flint water crisis. The plaintiff sued numerous state officials, including the Governor and Flint emergency managers. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiff sought class certification, declaratory relief, compensatory and exemplary damages, and attorneys’ …
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Ray v. Ohio Department of Health

2:18-cv-00272 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: March 29, 2018

Case Ongoing

On March 29, 2018, four transgender people seeking to correct their Ohio birth certificates to accurately reflect their gender identity filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (in Columbus). The plaintiffs sued the Director of the Ohio Department of Health under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by the ACLU and Lambda Legal, the plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief as well as attorneys’ fees and costs. The case was assigned to Judge Michael H. …
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NAACP v. USPS

1:20-cv-02295 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 20, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about whether the United States Postal Service's postal delivery and ballot service policy changes relevant to the 2020 presidential election were implemented in violation of federal law. In July 2020, Louis DeJoy became Postmaster General of the the United States Postal Service (USPS). DeJoy implemented new policies for USPS which reportedly resulted in a backlog of postal deliveries for all types of mail, including electoral ballots cast via mail.On August 20, 2020, the the Nat…
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Waid v. Snyder (In re Flint Water Cases)

5:16-cv-10444 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2016

Case Ongoing

This entry describes the consolidated federal class action lawsuits arising out of the Flint water crisis. Background Flint, Michigan historically purchased safe drinking water from Detroit. But in 2014, Flint began to draw water from the Flint River. The Flint River's water was corrosive, but Flint did not properly treat it. The water corroded pipes, causing lead and other toxic substances to leach into Flint's water supply. As a result, many Flint residents were exposed to contaminated water …
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Brown v. Snyder

5:18-cv-10699 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Nov. 2, 2017

Case Ongoing

On November 2, 2017, five residents of Flint, MI filed this lawsuit in the Michigan Court of Claims. The plaintiffs sued the State of Michigan and state employees for personal injuries and property damage arising out of the Flint Water Crisis under Michigan state law. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sought declaratory relief, injunctive relief requiring the remediation of harm caused to plaintiffs, monitoring, compensatory damages, punitive damages, and attorneys’ fees and costs.…
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Z.M. v. Baker

3:18-cv-01370 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: May 18, 2018

Closed Date: May 26, 2021

This is a case about whether South Carolina is required to provide proper therapy to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) on Medicaid. On May 18, 2018, a child diagnosed with ASD and prescribed applied behavioral analytics treatment filed this putative class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. The plaintiff sued the Director of the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private coun…
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Hatcher v. Genesee County

5:18-cv-11986 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 25, 2018

Case Ongoing

On June 25, 2018, detainees in the Genesee County Jail in the City of Flint who bathed in and consumed lead-contaminated water filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sued Genesee County under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and sought compensatory and punitive damages along with attorney’s fees. The plaintiffs claimed that the failure to provide safe drinking water and the delay in providing safe drinking water consti…
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Holman v. Vilsack

1:21-cv-01085 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: June 2, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case is one of several challenging the American Rescue Plan’s (ARP) and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) classification of “socially disadvantaged groups.”In March 2021, during the early months of the Biden Administration, Congress passed the American Reuse Plan Act (ARPA). ARPA was a large package of government programs aimed at combatting COVID-19 and stimulating the economy. Sections 1005 and 1006 of the ARPA directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Farm Service…
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A.M.T. v. Gargano

1:10-cv-00358 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: March 25, 2010

Case Ongoing

On March 25, 2010, this class-action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana against the Secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) and the Director of the Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning of FSSA. The named plaintiffs were minor Medicaid recipients with serious disabilities who had been receiving medically-necessary therapies, paid for by the State's Medicaid program and administered by the FSAA. The FSSA h…