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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. Manning

61-08257 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 28, 1961

Closed Date: Feb. 16, 1963

On April 28, 1961, the U.S Attorney General sued the State of Louisiana and the Registrar of Voters for East Carroll Parish for creating policies that prevented Black people from exercising the right to register to vote. This action was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, and was assigned to Chief Judge Ben C. Dawkins, Jr. The Attorney General sought injunctive relief to end the systemic voter registration denial for persons of color.  As alleged in the compl…
NATIONAL SECURITY
American Oversight v. Hegseth

1:25-cv-00883 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 25, 2025

This case challenges high-level federal officials' use of encrypted, auto-deleting messaging apps to conduct national security business, raising serious record-keeping and transparency concerns. On March 25, 2025, American Oversight filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the CIA, the Secretary of Treasury, the Secretary of State, and the National Archives and Records Admi…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

PRISON CONDITIONS
Palmigiano v. Garrahy

1:74-cv-00172 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: July 16, 1974

Closed Date: Feb. 19, 2014

On 01/11/2007, six inmates in the "awaiting trial" section of the Adult Correctional Institutions of Rhode Island (ACI) filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Rhode Island Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. The plaintiffs, represented in part by the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, asked the Court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated because …
NATIONAL SECURITY
CLEAR v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection

1:19-cv-07079 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 18, 2019

Closed Date: Aug. 28, 2023

This is a FOIA case wherein plaintiffs sought records from the Customs and Border Protection pertaining to its Tactical Terrorism Response Teams (TTRTs).  On December 12, 2019, Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility Project (“CLEAR”), the American Civil Liberties Union (“ACLU”), and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (“ACLUF”) sued the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Plaintiffs su…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Knight First Amendment Institute v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:17-cv-07572 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 2017

This case challenged various government departments' withholding of records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This lawsuit, filed October 4, 2017, sought to compel the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of State (DOS) to release certain records under FOIA. The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting freedom of speech and press, sought "records concerning the exclusion or removal of individuals fro…

Case Is Ongoing

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POLICING
United States v. Police Department of Baltimore City

1:17-cv-00099 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Jan. 12, 2017

On January 12, 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and the Police Department of Baltimore City (BPD) alleging a pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officers in deprivation of people's rights under the United States Constitution and federal laws. The DOJ brought the action under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 14141, Title …
POLICING
United States of America v. County of Los Angeles

2:15-cv-03174 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 28, 2015

The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division initiated a civil investigation of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department on August 19, 2011. The investigation focused on allegations of unconstitutional conduct by deputies at two stations located in the Antelope Valley cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, California. The DOJ proceeded under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994,42 U.S.C. § 14141 (Section 14141), and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,42 U.S.C. …

Justice Department Opens Investigation into the Antelope Valley Stations of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

[Antelope Valley Stations - Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]

Aug. 19, 2011

Statement of Intent

DOJ Investigation of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Stations in Antelope Valley

June 27, 2013

Re: Investigation of Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department Stations in Antelope Valley

DOJ Investigation of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Stations in Antelope Valley

June 28, 2013

Resumen de la Carta de Hallazgos del Valle de Antelope [Findings Letter (Spanish)]

DOJ Investigation of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Stations in Antelope Valley

Nov. 19, 2013

Settlement Agreement

United States v. County of Los Angeles

April 28, 2015

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Askins v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:12-cv-02600 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 24, 2012

On October 24, 2012, two U.S. citizens detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) after taking pictures of ports of entry filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, under 5 U.S.C. § 702, 28 U.S.C. § 2201 and Bivens, against CBP, an agency within the Department of Homeland Security. The plaintiffs, represented by attorneys from the ACLU of San Diego and private counsel, sought injunctive, declaratory, and monetary relief, alleging that CBP's pol…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
J.J. v. Litscher

3:17-cv-00047 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 2017

On January 23, 2017, four minor children confined to the state juvenile facilities Copper Lake School for Girls and Lincoln Hills School for Boys filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. The plaintiffs sued various state officials responsible for the facility under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants had violated their Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights by wrongfully and unlawfully imposing solitary confinement, mecha…
POLICING
Melendres v. Arpaio

2:07-cv-02513 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2007

This case concerns racial profiling by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (“MCSO”) in Arizona. On December 12, 2007, Latino motorists filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona against the County of Maricopa, MCSO, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 2201. They sought to represent a class of Latino persons who have been or will be stopped, detained, interrogated, or searched by the Sheriff or his agents in …