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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Toor v. Berger

1:22-cv-01004 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 11, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about individuals who were denied religious accommodations to practice their faith while in recruit training for, or serving in, the U.S. Marine Corps. On April 11, 2022, four Sikh Americans filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of the Navy, officials in both departments, and officials in the U.S. Marine Corps under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act (RFRA), …
POLICING
Clark v. City of New York

1:18-cv-02334 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 16, 2018

Case Ongoing

On March 16, 2018, the nonprofit Turning Point for Women and Families and individuals who were forced to remove their religious head coverings for post-arrest photographs while in the custody of the New York Police Department filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the City of New York under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), § 1983 for violations of plaintiffs’ right to freely exercise…
JAIL CONDITIONS
CODING IN PROCESS
Pratt v. Ott

1:20-cv-00171 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 22, 2021

On February 4, 2020, a person in pretrial detention at the Lebanon County Correctional Facility (LCCF) in Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania against LCCF personnel and Lebanon County. The plaintiff alleged that he was placed in administrative segregation for refusing to cut off his dreadlocks in accordance with his Rastafarian faith. The case was initially assigned to Judge Jennifer P. Wilson, and was reassigned to Chief Judge …
PRISON CONDITIONS
United States v. Florida

1:12-cv-22958 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2012

Case Ongoing

On August 14, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on behalf of Jewish prisoners under 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-2(f) and 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 and 2202 against the Florida Department of Corrections. The DOJ asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that defendant violated religious freedoms granted by the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA). Specifically, plaint…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra

4:20-cv-00283 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 29, 2020

Case Ongoing

On June 11, 2019 — more than nine years after the Affordable Care Act was signed into law—the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended that health insurance cover preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) drugs without any cost-sharing arrangements such as co-payments or deductibles. On March 29, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Plaintiffs filed a complaint, challenging the PrEP mandate as well as a prior contraception mandate. Plaintiffs, individuals an…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Yellowquill v. Scott

4:95-cv-01080 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 13, 1995

Closed Date: Oct. 28, 1998

This is a case about a Native American individual deprived of their right to practice their religion while incarcerated in a Texas prison. On April 13, 1995, a Native American individual incarcerated at the Mountain View Unit (MVU) of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division (TDCJ-ID) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The plaintiff sued both TDCJ-ID and MVU officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the First Amendment, the Religious…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Deanda v. Becerra

2:20-cv-00092 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 10, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about minors' confidential access to contraception through the federally-funded Title X program. On April 10, 2020, a parent filed this lawsuit in the Amarillo Division of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas before District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk. The suit named as defendants the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs for the United States. Represented by attorneys at The Filmore Law Fir…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Elmajzoub v. Davis

3:19-cv-00196 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: March 27, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 27, 2020, an incarcerated individual in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) filed suit against the Lovelock Correctional Center (LCC) and various LCC officials in their individual and official capacities. The plaintiff, a practicing Muslim, brought the suit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 42 U.S.C. § 2000cca, alleging violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), the First …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Franciscan Alliance, LLC v. Burwell

7:16-cv-00108 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 23, 2016

Case Ongoing

On August 23, 2016, religiously-affiliated health organizations and five states (Texas, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Kentucky, and Kansas) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The plaintiffs sued the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Secretary under the Administrative Procedure Act and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act claiming violations of these Acts, as well as their First, Fifth, Tenth, and Eleventh Amendment rights. The plaintiff…
EDUCATION
Faith Action Ministry Alliance, Inc. v. Fried

8:22-cv-01696 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: July 27, 2022

Closed Date: Sept. 26, 2022

This case is about the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National School Lunch Program which prohibits participating schools from discriminating on the basis of sex, as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. On January 20, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 13988, which declared that laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, including Title IX, also prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation. Faith Action Ministr…