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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Toomey v. State of Arizona

4:19-cv-00035 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 2019

Case Ongoing

On January 23, 2019, a transgender man employed as an associate professor at the University of Arizona filed this lawsuit against the State, the Arizona Board of Regents, and the Arizona Department of Administration in United States District Court for the District of Arizona. The State provides healthcare coverage to state employees through a plan run by the Arizona Department of Administration. Although the plan generally covers medically necessary care, it categorically denies coverage for ge…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Geissler v. Stirling

4:17-cv-01746 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: June 30, 2017

Case Ongoing

An individual with Hepatitis C who was incarcerated at the South Carolina Department of Corrections brought this pro se lawsuit on June 30, 2017. The plaintiff challenged the Department's testing and treatment protocols for Hepatitis C, alleging that the Department’s policies and practices fell below the constitutional standard of care. The Department’s conduct allegedly violated the Eighth Amendment and the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. The plaintiff sou…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott

5:20-cv-00438 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: April 7, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for more current information, see their tracker.  On April 7, 2020, the Chair of the Texas Democratic Party, the Texas Democratic Party, and individual voters filed this lawsuit in the Western District of Texas. The plaintiffs sued the Governor of Texas, the Texas Secretary of State, the Travis County Clerk, and the Bexar County Elections Administrator under Section 2 of the Voting Rights …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Smith v. Maschner

3:84-cv-03283 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: Dec. 13, 1984

Closed Date: Sept. 5, 1996

Inmates at "A" cellhouse at the Kansas State Penitentiary filed a civil rights lawsuit in state court against officials at the Kansas State penitentiary, complaining of a denial of adequate access to the prison law library. The parties entered into a consent decree on August 19, 1985, granting the plaintiffs more access to the law library and supplementing the materials of the law library. The trial court's order specifically allowed the plaintiff inmates to use the prison law library on Saturd…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Malcolm v. Starr

0:20-cv-02503 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Dec. 9, 2020

Closed Date: March 15, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This habeas action and putative class action lawsuit was filed on December 9, 2020 by a group of medically vulnerable incarcerated individuals in FCI-Waseca, seeking release or home confinement and changes to the COVID-19 procedures in the prison. The court denied the petitioners' temporary restraining order and dismissed the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction on March 11, 2021.This petition for a writ of habeas corpus and class action lawsuit is about the spread of …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Maney v. Brown

6:20-cv-00570 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: April 6, 2020

Case Ongoing

On April 6, 2020, prisoners in the Oregon Department of Corrections ("ODOC") filed this lawsuit against the governor of Oregon and several Oregon DOC officials in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Represented by private counsel, the Oregon Innocence Center, and the Oregon Justice Resource Center, the plaintiffs sought injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of their Eighth Amendment rights, as well as violations of the Oregon Constitution. Specifically, t…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Concerned Pastors for Social Action v. Khouri

2:16-cv-10277 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Jan. 27, 2016

Case Ongoing

On January 27, 2016, Concerned Pastors for Social Action filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs sued the state of Michigan and the city of Flint under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. §300j-8(a). The plaintiffs, represented by counsel from the ACLU, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and private counsel, sought declaratory and injunctive relief. Specifically, the plaintiffs requested that the court: (1) declare the de…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Bunch v. Rent-a-Center, Inc.

4:00-cv-00364 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: April 19, 2000

Closed Date: 2004

On April 19, 2000, a woman formerly employed by Rent-A-Center filed this action in the U.S. District Court of Western Illinois against her employer alleging sexual harassment, sexual discrimination, and retaliation. Her claims were brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and Missouri state law. Specifically, the plaintiff alleged that she was sexually and physically harassed by her manager. The manager called the plaintiff several sexually explicit names, made explicit comments, and tol…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
CODING IN PROCESS
Hoffman v. R.I. Enterprises, Inc.

3:96-cv-01956 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Nov. 1, 1996

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Joyner v. Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity

1:17-cv-22568 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: July 10, 2017

Closed Date: 2018

On July 10, 2017, five residents of Florida, the ACLU of Florida, and the Florida Immigrant Coalition, Inc. filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The case was assigned to Judge Marcia G. Cooke and Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman. The plaintiffs sued the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity (Commission), the Executive Office of the President of the United States, the Executive Office of the Vice President of the United States, and…