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POLICING
United States v. City of Ferguson

4:16-cv-00180 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2016

Case Ongoing

On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black man, was fatally shot by Darren Wilson, a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, a majority-Black city in the St. Louis metro area. The shooting sparked nationwide protests and attention to police use of force and police relations Black residents. The Prosecuting Attorney for St. Louis County, Missouri, brought the case in front of a grand jury to determine whether there was probable cause to indict Wilson for his actions. But on Novem…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Bennett v. Dart

1:18-cv-04268 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: June 20, 2018

Case Ongoing

This is a case alleging a lack of fixtures in Cook County Jail (CCJ) needed for safe use of the facilities by individuals with mobility disorders, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act.  On June 20, 2018, a disabled individual incarcerated at CCJ in Chicago filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiff sued Cook County and its Sheriff under the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act. Represented by private couns…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Stafford v. Carter

1:17-cv-00289 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Jan. 27, 2017

Case Ongoing

This class action suit challenged the medical care provided to Indiana prisoners with the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). On January 27, 2017, three prisoners with HCV at Pendleton Correctional Facility filed this class-action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson was assigned. Plaintiffs were represented by private counsel and a professor from the Indiana University School of Law. Defendants included the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Iseley v. Talaber

1:04-cv-00861 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 21, 2004

Closed Date: March 30, 2005

Plaintiff, incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale, Pennsylvania, filed this action pro se on April 21, 2004, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.  He brought claims under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 alleging that various officials and medical personnel of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (the "DOC") failed to provide adequate treatment for his Hepatitis C virus (HCV), in violation of the Eighth Amendment and as unlawful retaliation fo…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
June Medical Services, LLC v. Gee

3:17-cv-00404 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: June 27, 2017

Closed Date: Oct. 16, 2020

This case challenged a series of 2001 Louisiana laws, including the Outpatient Abortion Facility Licensing Law (OAFLL), that attempted to shutter abortion clinics in the state by imposing more than 1,000 allegedly medically unnecessary requirements that applied only to abortion providers––including inspections of their facilities. On June 27, 2017, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana on behalf of June Medical Serv…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
A.A. v. Walled Lake Consolidated Schools

2:16-cv-14214 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Dec. 1, 2016

Closed Date: Feb. 25, 2019

A student plaintiff appealed an unfavorable Due Process Hearing related to alleged IDEA violations to Federal Court on December 1, 2016  The case was assigned to Judge Sean F. Cox.  The lawsuit alleged that the district denied the student a free appropriate public education (“FAPE”) in the least restrictive environment (“LRE”), as mandated by the IDEA, 20 U.S.C. § 1412(a)(5) and also asserted that the District violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 12182, …
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Inc. v. Van Hollen

3:13-cv-00465 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: June 28, 2013

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the constitutionality of a Wisconsin statute requiring physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges in a hospital within 30 miles of where the abortion is performed. On July 5, 2013, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Women's Medical Services, and two board-certified medical doctors at Planned Parenthood filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. The plaintiffs sued the Wisconsin attorney general, the Dane C…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Pritchard v. County of Erie

1:04-cv-00534 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: July 21, 2004

Closed Date: Feb. 22, 2018

On October 31, 2003, three plaintiffs represented by private attorneys with law firms in New York and Washington, D.C., filed this class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. They alleged that the Erie County Sheriff's Department had an unconstitutional blanket policy and/or practice of strip searching all individuals who entered either the Erie County Holding Center (ECHC) or the Erie County Correctional Facili…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Trump

2:17-cv-00178 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 3, 2022

This class action challenged President Trump's January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) which prohibited admission to the US for nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The plaintiffs commenced this lawsuit on February 7, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs were represented by the ACLU of Washington and private counsel. On November 29, 2017, this case was consolidated with Jewish Family Service of Seattle v. Trump, No…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Coleman v. Brown

2:90-cv-00520 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: April 23, 1990

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action for California prisoners with mental illness. After a three-judge court denied a motion for a prisoner release order as premature, plaintiffs sought relief before a single district judge. Relief has been achieved to an extent. The defendants have continued to comply with the broader injunction while staying mindful of the public health demands of the pandemic. In particular, the parties have been able to reach agreements concerning quarantine and isolati…