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PRISON CONDITIONS
Bownes v. Washington

2:14-cv-11691 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 28, 2014

An incarcerated individual in the custody of the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) filed this lawsuit on April 28, 2014, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, on behalf of a class of similarly situated individuals, against the Director of the MDOC and the general dentist of the MDOC (in their official capacities). MDOC policy detailed that a person became eligible for routine dental care only after being incarcerated for two years. The plaintiff claimed that t…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Monroe v. Precythe

2:23-cv-04129 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: June 27, 2023

Closed Date: July 18, 2025

[This summary is in progress while we research the case.] This case is about a transgender inmate who died of HIV complications while being placed in solitary confinement by the Missouri Department of Corrections.

Injunction Granted

PRISON CONDITIONS
M.C. v. Jefferson County, New York

6:22-cv-00190 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: March 1, 2022

Closed Date: Aug. 29, 2024

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) Plaintiffs, incarcerated individuals recovering from opioid addiction and represented by the New York Civil Union (NYCLU), filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. On March 26, 2024, the parties informed the court that a settlement agreement had been reached.
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Lindsey v. Carson

4:19-cv-00612 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Aug. 5, 2019

Closed Date: Aug. 12, 2019

On August 9, 2019, Plaintiff, a private citizen, filed this complaint pro se in the Western District of Missouri. In the complaint, Plaintiff accused Ben Carson in his capacity as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of (1) breaching a duty to provide Plaintiff housing and (2) murdering Plaintiff's nephew in an attempt to prevent Plaintiff from obtaining the same. Plaintiff sought "specific performance" compelling Ben Carsen to provide Plaintiff housing. Plaintiff also sought to "punish e…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Thompson v. State of Alabama

2:16-cv-00783 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 2016

Closed Date: May 25, 2023

A voting rights organization and several convicted felons filed putative class action against the Alabama Secretary of State, chair of county board of registrars, and chair of Board of Pardons and Paroles, alleging that the amendment to state constitution disenfranchising persons convicted of felonies involving moral turpitude violated Equal Protection and Ex Post Facto Clauses, and that Alabama's mail voting registration form violated National Voting Registration Act (NVRA).  The Supreme Court…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Caron v. Coppinger

1:25-cv-11075 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 23, 2025

This is a lawsuit seeking opt-out testing and direct acting antiviral treatment for people with Hepatitis C in the custody of the Essex County Sheriff's Department (ECSD). On April 23, 2025, two individuals with Hepatitis C in ECSD custody filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts alleging that the Department routinely withheld direct acting antiviral (DAA) treatment in violation of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusu…

Case Is Ongoing

PRISON CONDITIONS
Amos v. Hall

4:20-cv-00007 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Jan. 14, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 13, 2023

On January 14, 2020, this putative class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi on behalf of prisoners at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Mississippi. The suit arose after the publication of an open letter dated January 9 from Jay-Z to Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant, decrying the conditions at state correctional facilities. The plaintiffs were represented by lawyers affiliated with Team ROC, the social justice wing of the J…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

PRISON CONDITIONS
Lang v. Taylor

4:20-cv-00030 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Feb. 25, 2020

Closed Date: March 1, 2022

This is a case about conditions in the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. Parchman is Mississippi's only maximum security prison and houses over 2,600 prisoners. The case is a "sister case" to, and was eventually consolidated with, Amos v. Hall, (N.D. Miss 4:20-cv-00007), another case about prison conditions at Parchman. Both cases were supported by rapper Jay-Z through Team ROC, the social justice arm of his entertainment company Roc Nation. These cases were filed separately, with lit…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Eyerly v. Trump

1:25-cv-00582 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: April 3, 2025

This is a case challenging Executive Order 14168 as unlawfully denying gender-affirming medical care and accommodations to transgender individuals incarcerated in federal prisons. Issued by President Trump on March 14, 2025, Executive Order 14168 directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to prohibit the use of federal funds for gender-affirming healthcare, deny access to gender-appropriate clothing and hygiene products, and require the classification and housing of incarcerated individuals based s…

Case Is Ongoing

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

1:25-cv-11910 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 3, 2025

This case involves eight noncitizens whom the Trump Administration sought to deport to South Sudan, a country to which they have no connection. That deportation effort was paused in DVD v. DHS, a class action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts presided over by Judge Angel Kelley Murphy, challenging all such “third country” removals — deportations to a country other than the person’s country of origin or another country in which they have legal status. In apparent viola…

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