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Smith v. Arkansas Board of Election Commissioners

3:15-cv-00402 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: Nov. 23, 2015

Closed Date: Nov. 8, 2016

On 23 December 2015, a former professional basketball player turned Arkansas politician filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas against: (i) the Arkansas Board of Election Commissioners, (ii) the Cross County Election Commission, (iii) the Crittenden County Election Commission and (iv) the Governor of the State of Arkansas, for alleged violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”) (18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-68), the Sherman Antit…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Blodgett v. Hughs

1:19-cv-01154 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Nov. 26, 2019

Closed Date: July 28, 2021

This case is about a Texas law (House Bill 1888) that prohibits temporary early-voting locations unless they operate the same weekdays as the main early voting location and are open for at least eight hours on each of those days. On November 26, 2019, a 96-year-old registered voter living in Austin along with Texas Young Democrats and Texas College Democrats filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (Austin). They sued the Texas Secretary of State under 42 …

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Reversed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United States v. Dugan

2:25-cr-00089 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

This case was a highly unusual federal criminal prosecution of a sitting state court judge—who was alleged by the Trump Administration to have interfered with an immigration arrest. On April 24, 2025, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Wisconsin indicted Wisconsin Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan on two counts: (1) obstruction of a federal administrative proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § 1505, and (2) concealment of a person from arrest under 18 U.S.C. § 1071. The case was assigned to U.S. Di…

Case Is Ongoing

PRISON CONDITIONS
Marcum v. Crews

5:25-cv-00238 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: July 14, 2025

(This summary is temporary while we research the case further). On July 14, 2025, an incarcerated transgender woman sued to prevent the Kentucky Department of Corrections from denying prisoners access to gender-affirming care under Senate Bill 2. The plaintiff sued on behalf of herself and a class of current and future individuals.
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Georgia State Conference v. State of Georgia

1:21-cv-05338 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Dec. 30, 2021

This is a case about redistricting in Georgia.   On December 30, 2021, the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP (NAACP), Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda (GCPA), and Galeo Latino Community Development Fund, Inc (GALEO) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.  Plaintiffs sued the State of Georgia, the Governor of the State of Georgia, and the Secretary of State of Georgia (collectively, “Defendants”) for …

Administrative Stay Granted

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Macarro v. Padilla

34-2020-80003404 | California state trial court

Filed Date: June 9, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 15, 2020

On June 9, 2020, four individual petitioners and the Coalition to Authorize Regulated Sports Wagering, Sponsored by California Indian Gaming Tribes ("Coalition to Authorize Regulated Sports Wagering") filed a complaint in the Superior County Court of the State of California, County of Sacramento. The plaintiffs sued Alex Padilla in his official capacity as Secretary of State of the State of California. Plaintiffs argued that the statutorily imposed 180 day signature gathering period in the stat…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Reeves v. Nago

1:20-cv-00433 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Oct. 8, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 6, 2022

This case is about the constitutionality of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (“UOCAVA”), codified at 52 U.S.C. §§ 20301 to 20311, Hawaii’s Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act (“UMOVA”), codified at Hawaii Revised Statutes (“HRS”) §§ 15D-1 to -18, and Hawaii Administrative Rules (“HAR”) § 3-177-600. Taken together, these provisions allow U.S. Citizens who are former Hawaii residents to vote absentee in Hawaii’s federal elections if they reside in a foreign country, th…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Affirmed

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Atkins v. Sarasota County, Florida

8:19-cv-03048 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2019

Closed Date: May 7, 2020

This case is about the 2019 redistricting for the Sarasota County Board of County Commissioners. Until 2018, Sarasota County elected commissioners on an at-large basis, meaning every resident of the county could vote for the commissioner of each district. In November 2018, voters passed a referendum amending the county charter so that starting in 2020 residents could vote for only the commissioner of their own district. In 2019, just a year before the next election and the decennial census, the…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Public Interest Legal Foundation v. North Carolina State Board

5:19-cv-00248 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: June 17, 2019

Closed Date: Jan. 31, 2022

This case is about access to voting records maintained by the North Carolina State Board of Elections. On June 17, 2019, the Public Interest Legal Foundation, a public interest organization focused on election integrity, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. The Foundation sued the North Carolina State Board of Elections under the National Voter Registration Act, 52 U.S.C. § 20507. Represented by private local counsel and their own attorneys, …

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Reversed

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Sanders v. Trump

2:20-cv-00921 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Nov. 10, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 18, 2020

On November 10, 2020, the Plaintiff, a resident of Alabama and candidate for election in Nevada, alleged that he suffered a deprivation of rights, privileges, or immunities secured to him by the Constitution and the Fourteenth Amendment because the Nevada Secretary of State excluded his name from being listed on the ballot in every county in the State of Nevada. Plaintiff further alleged that the Secretary of State acted with the encouragement and support of President Trump. Plaintiff sued Pres…