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DISABILITY RIGHTS
DOJ Investigation of Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry

204-8-265 | No Court

This investigation concerns allegations of discrimination against incarcerated persons with vision disabilities by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR). On July 19, 2023, the Disability Rights Section of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) issued the findings of its investigation under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in a letter to the General Counsel of the ADCRR. The DOJ’s inquiry was sparked by …
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Lighthiser v. Trump

2:25-cv-00054 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: May 29, 2025

This case challenged Executive Order 14154, “Unleashing American Energy,” Executive Order 14156, “Declaring a National Energy Emergency,” and Executive Order 14261, “Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241,” issued by President Donald Trump. On May 29, 2025, twenty-two citizens from or residing in Montana filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Montana against President Donald Trump, the United States, and seve…

Judgment for Defendant

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. State of Arizona

2:22-cv-01124 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: July 5, 2022

On July 5, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona against the State of Arizona challenging voting restrictions imposed by Arizona House Bill 2492 (2022), a recently-enacted law set to take effect in January 2023. The United States’ complaint challenged provisions of House Bill 2492 under Section 6 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) and Section 101 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The lawsuit alleged that …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Hayes v. Rutledge

4:21-cv-00347 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: April 30, 2021

Closed Date: Jan. 31, 2024

After the Coronavirus pandemic emerged in early 2020, the US Federal Government mobilized to bolster the US economy by creating advanced tax credits, also known as stimulus payments. While Congress explicitly stated the eligibility of incarcerated folks for these stimulus payments, the State of Arkansas passed an act—Act 1110—on April 26, 2021, which allowed Arkansas’ Department of Corrections (ADC) to seize any "federal relief or stimulus funds" from people in its custody. This act prevented a…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Blue v. Lockhart

5:84-cv-00551 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: Dec. 5, 1984

Closed Date: March 27, 2024

On December 5, 1984, a prisoner at the Jefferson County Jail in Arkansas filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Arkansas Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, alleging that prison officials had violated his constitutional right to free exercise of his religion. The parties entered into a consent decree. On April 16, 1992 the plaintiff asked the court to hold the defendants in contempt, claiming that they had violated the consent d…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Pennington v. Taylor

2:19-cv-00695 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Sept. 19, 2019

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 this 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 that the state's Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act (SORNA) was an unconstitutional violation of the Eighth…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Catholic Benefits Association v. Burrows

1:24-cv-00142 | U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota

Filed Date: July 24, 2024

This lawsuit challenged the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act's requirement that employers provide reasonable accommodations for employees experiencing limitations relating to abortion. On July 24, 2024, the Catholic Benefits Association and the Bismarck Diocese (collectively, “CBA”) sued the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Chair of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (collectively, “EEOC”) in the United States District Court for the District of N…
EDUCATION
Y.H. v. Aviles-Ramos

1:25-cv-04217 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 21, 2025

This is a case challenging the constitutionality of the burden of proof applied in school disciplinary hearings for long-term suspensions. On May 21, 2025, the Plaintiffs, three minor students in New York City Public Schools, filed this lawsuit in the Southern District of New York. The Plaintiffs brought this action against Melissa Aviles-Ramos in her official capacity as Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, the New York City Department of Education, and the City of New York…

Case Is Ongoing

PRISON CONDITIONS
Benjamin v. Oliver

1:25-cv-04470 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Aug. 8, 2025

This is an ongoing case challenging Georgia state law, SB185, a law that prohibits the provision of hormone therapy and other forms of healthcare for gender dysphoria in GA state prisons.  On August 8, 2025, five transgender people incarcerated in Georgia filed a complaint on behalf of themselves and all individuals incarcerated in the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) who were seeking or receiving gender dysphoria treatment. The plaintiffs sued the Commissioner of GDC, the Assistant Comm…

Case Is Ongoing

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Wiginton v. CB Richard Ellis

1:02-cv-06832 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2002

Closed Date: Nov. 8, 2010

On September 25, 2002, female employees of CB Richard Ellis filed a lawsuit against their employer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiffs alleged that they had been discriminated against on the basis of their gender and asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as compensatory and punitive damages. Specifically, the plaintiffs contended that there was a sex…