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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. U.S Department of Homeland Security

4:25-cv-03585 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 2, 2025

The case challenges a new Interim Final Rule (IFR) that mandates noncitizens who are 14 years or older and have been in the U.S. for at least 30 days to register with the federal government. This registration requires submitting fingerprints and other biometric data, and carrying proof of registration at all times. The IFR, issued on March 12, 2025, and effective on April 11, 2025, also requires parents or legal guardians to register any unregistered children under 14.  Plaintiff John Doe filed…

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Tomasella v. Division of Child Support Services of Texas

3:19-cv-00771 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 28, 2019

Closed Date: Dec. 11, 2019

The plaintiff, a private individual, filed this action pro se on March 29, 2019 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas against the Division of Child Support Services for the State of Texas, the Texas Attorney General, and other agencies and state officials. Plaintiff claimed in relevant part that his legal obligation to pay child support, and subsequent incarceration for failure to pay child support, violated his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process because he was no…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Goberman v. Cascos

3:16-cv-00994 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 11, 2016

Closed Date: July 12, 2016

This is a case about candidate qualifications in the State of Texas. On April 11, 2016, a pro se plaintiff filed a complaint, seeking to register to vote and to run for public office while keeping his physical address confidential and using his P.O. Box in its place. The plaintiff noted that the Texas Secretary of State, relying on state codes, rules, and regulations, barred him from doing so. The plaintiff claimed that those state codes, rules, and regulations make him and thousands of other c…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Raymond [later O'Toole as Trustee of Estate of Serrano] v. The City of New York

1:15-cv-06885 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 31, 2015

On August 31, 2015, a group of minority New York City police officers who had been disciplined or fired filed a class action suit against the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for violations of the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments, as well as violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, and of 42 USC §§ 1981, 1983, 1985. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief and compensatory damages. Specifically, th…
NATIONAL SECURITY
Elhady v. Piehota

1:16-cv-00375 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: April 6, 2016

On April 5, 2016, a group of Muslim-American U.S. citizens represented by the Council on American-Islamic Relations filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (in Alexandria). Judge Anthony J. Trenga was assigned to the case. Defendants included the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), the Transportation Security Administration (“TSA”), and the National Counterterrorism Center (“NCC”). Seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, the plaintiffs alleged …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Nieves v. Oswald

1:71-cv-00526 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 16, 1971

This case is part of the Clearinghouse's special collection on the Attica Uprising. In September of 1971, incarcerated people in New York's Attica Correctional Facility took control of the prison and took several staff members hostage. The uprising ended when state police violently stormed the prison, killing over 40 incarcerated people and staff members. Attica was one of the most significant events in the American prisoners' rights movement and drew public attention to poor conditions in pris…
NATIONAL SECURITY
El Ali v. Barr (Jardaneh v. Barr)

8:18-cv-02415 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Aug. 8, 2018

This case concerns the placement of Muslims on federal terrorist watchlists. The United States government employs various terrorist watchlists to track terror suspects. These watchlists include the FBI's Terrorism Screening Database (TSDB) and the Transportation Security Agency's Quiet Skies program. Twenty Muslims filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on August 8, 2018. Defendants included a wide variety of federal agency officials, including the U.S. Department of…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
DOJ Investigation of the St. Louis County Family Court

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On November 18, 2013, the DOJ opened an investigation of the St. Louis County Family Court in Missouri. This investigation was initiated pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 14141, which authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) to seek remedies for patterns or practices of conduct that violate the constitutional or federal statutory rights of children in the administration of juvenile justice.The DOJ investigated whether the St. Louis County Famil…
POLICING
Furlow v. Belmar

4:16-cv-00254 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 2, 2016

On February 2, 2016, a class of St. Louis County residents, primarily impoverished and African-American, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Missouri. The plaintiffs sued St. Louis County and the St. Louis County Police Department under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming violations of their Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The plaintiffs, represented by attorneys from the ArchCity Defenders and the Center for Constitutional Rights, asked the court for…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Lacy v. Butts

1:13-cv-00811 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: May 16, 2013

An Indiana Department of Corrections prisoner filed this class action lawsuit pro se under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana on May 16, 2013. The plaintiff, who was previously convicted of a sex offense but has maintained his innocence since, alleged that the Indiana Department of Corrections has made it mandatory for all convicted sex offenders to participate in the Indiana Sex Offender Management and Monitoring (INSOMM) program. The INSOMM progra…