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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), …
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 …
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
North Dakota v. Burwell

3:16-CV-00386 | U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota

Filed Date: Nov. 7, 2016

Case Ongoing

On November 7, 2016, the State of North Dakota, joined by the Religious Sisters of Mercy, two Sacred Heart Mercy Health Care Center clinics, the SMP Health System, and the University of Mary, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) challenging a federal regulation that they argued compelled healthcare professionals to cast aside their medical judgment and religious beliefs and perform medical transition procedures on patients who desire to have a sex chang…
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 a…
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…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Trump

2:17-cv-00178 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 3, 2022

This class action challenged President Trump's January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) which prohibited admission to the US for nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The plaintiffs commenced this lawsuit on February 7, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs were represented by the ACLU of Washington and private counsel. On November 29, 2017, this case was consolidated with Jewish Family Service of Seattle v. Trump, No…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Holmes v. Godinez

1:11-cv-02961 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 4, 2011

Case Ongoing

On May 04, 2011, deaf and hard of hearing prisoners filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against officials at the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by a group of public and private lawyers, the plaintiffs alleged that, while in IDOC custody, they were denied the assistance they needed to effectively communicate and participate in IDOC programs and services, in violation of the Americans with …
PRISON CONDITIONS
McBride v. Michigan Department of Corrections

2:15-cv-11222 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 31, 2015

Case Ongoing

On March 31, 2015, three prisoner-plaintiffs filed this putative class action lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC), alleging that MDOC was discriminating against them and other deaf and hard of hearing prisoners. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, and was assigned to Judge Sean Cox. The plaintiffs were represented by Michigan Protection and Advocacy, the Washington Lawyers’ Committee and private counsel. The plaintiffs al…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Christian Employers Alliance v. United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

1:21-cv-00195 | U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota

Filed Date: Oct. 18, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case brought by the Christian Employers Alliance, a membership ministry for Christian employers, which sought exemptions for its members from requirements to provide gender transition-related health care coverage.  On October 18, 2021, Christian Employers Alliance (the “Alliance”), filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota. The Alliance sued the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the U.S.Department of Health and Human Service…