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PRISON CONDITIONS
Ligons v. Minnesota Department of Corrections

0:15-cv-02210 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: May 1, 2015

Case Ongoing

On May 1, 2015, inmates of the Minnesota Department of Corrections (MDOC) suffering from hepatitis-C filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. The plaintiffs sued the Minnesota Department of Corrections and Centene Corporation, a provider of healthcare for inmates, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Article I § 8 of the Minnesota Constitution, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel,…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
People First of Alabama v. Merrill

2:20-cv-00619 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 1, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This lawsuit was filed by Alabama voters to temporarily enjoin Alabama’s voting law provisions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The plaintiffs challenged the witness and photo ID requirement, requiring absentee voters to obtain witness or notary signatures, and submit a photocopy of their ID with their ballot. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief to enjoin enforcement of the Witness and ID requirement and to allow curbside voting during the primary, municipal, …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
English v. Chester County

2:10-cv-00244 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2010

Closed Date: July 20, 2010

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Guzzo v. Mead

2:14-cv-00200 | U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming

Filed Date: Oct. 7, 2014

Case Ongoing

On October 7, 2014, four same-sex couples and Wyoming Equality filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming under 42 U.S.C § 1983 against the State of Wyoming. The four couples live in Wyoming, two seek to get married in the state and the others seek to have their marriages, performed in other jurisdictions, legally recognized in the state. Wyoming Equality is a non-profit organization that works on behalf of LGBT causes in the state. The plaintiffs asked the …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
F.V. v. Barron

1:17-cv-00170 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: April 18, 2017

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) This case is about Idaho's laws that have created barriers for transgender people to change the sex on their birth certificates in order to reflect their gender identities.
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Ivey v. Lamone

1:20-cv-01995 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: July 7, 2020

Closed Date: July 20, 2020

During the November 2020 election, an individual (the plaintiff in this case) wanted to become an independent candidate for Maryland’s Seventh Congressional District on the November 2020 general election ballot. However, COVID-19 restrictions and communication issues from the Maryland Board of Elections provided some obstacles to her goal.  To become a candidate, the plaintiff needed to get signatures from 1% of the total number of registered and eligible voters (voters that can vote for the po…
JAIL CONDITIONS
CODING IN PROCESS
Howard v. Williams

2:20-cv-01389 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Sept. 15, 2020

Case Ongoing

(This is a temporary summary, while we research the case.) This is a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of people with psychiatric disabilities incarcerated at the Allegheny County Jail alleging the jail failed to provide adequate mental health care and discriminated against people with psychiatric disabilities.
JAIL CONDITIONS
Pritchard v. County of Erie

1:04-cv-00534 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: July 21, 2004

Closed Date: Feb. 22, 2018

On October 31, 2003, three plaintiffs represented by private attorneys with law firms in New York and Washington, D.C., filed this class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. They alleged that the Erie County Sheriff's Department had an unconstitutional blanket policy and/or practice of strip searching all individuals who entered either the Erie County Holding Center or the Erie County Correctional Facility, r…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
CODING IN PROCESS
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…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
CODING IN PROCESS
Boyden v. Conlin

3:17-cv-00264 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: April 7, 2017

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) This case involves a challenge to Wisconsin's policy that banned coverage of gender affirming care in state employees' health plans.