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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

Case Ongoing

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…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Raleigh Wake Citizens Association v. Barefoot

5:15-cv-00156 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: April 9, 2015

Closed Date: Dec. 28, 2017

This case involved allegations that the North Carolina General Assembly’s Session Law 2015-4 violated voters’ rights to an equal vote and their right to not be subjected to racial classifications in redistricting. Voters and an association on voters (Raleigh Wake Citizens Association) who lived in election districts that under Session Law 2015-4 were overpopulated to a significant degree, filed suit on April 09, 2015 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Plainti…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights v. Beals

1:24-cv-01778 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Oct. 7, 2024

Case Ongoing

This is a case about voter rolls in Virginia ahead of the 2024 election. Plaintiffs, the Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights and the League of Women Voters of Virginia, brought suit on October 7, 2024 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against the Virginia Commissioner of Elections, the Virginia State Board of Elections, and the Virginia Attorney General. Represented by the Protect Democracy Project, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Campaign Legal …
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Betances v. Fischer

1:11-cv-03200 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 11, 2011

Case Ongoing

On May 11, 2011, three individuals given extrajudicial sentences of post-release supervision filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The named defendants were the New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) and the New York State Division of Parole (DOP). They claimed that the defendants administratively assigned sentences of post-release supervision (PRS) and that only a judge could impose an additio…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Jones v. Deininger

2:12-cv-00185 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Feb. 23, 2012

Closed Date: May 1, 2014

This case challenged a Wisconsin voter ID law, Act 23, which required voters to present specific forms of identification in order to vote. The plaintiffs argued that the law disproportionately burdened African American and Latino Voters, in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (“VRA”). On February 23, 2021, four community organizations dedicated to serving the African American and Latin American communities in Wisconsin, and one individual who could not register to vote due t…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Messina v. City of Fort Lauderdale

0:21-cv-60168 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Jan. 25, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about a challenge to Sections 16-82 and 25-267 of the Fort Lauderdale Code of Ordinances, which prohibited panhandling in a variety of public places. On January 25, 2021, two men, one living in a public shelter and one without a permanent home, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The plaintiffs sued the City of Fort Lauderdale under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by both the Florida Justice Institute and private counsel, the…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Moore v. Martin

4:14-cv-00065 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: Feb. 6, 2014

Closed Date: Aug. 2, 2019

This case challenged the constitutionality of Arkansas’ statutory ballot access requirements for independent candidates.  On February 6, 2014, three registered voters and potential independent candidates for the 2014 Arkansas general election filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Plaintiffs sued the Secretary of State of Arkansas in his official capacity under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private counsel, Plaintiffs sought a declaratory judgment…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ragbir v. Sessions

1:18-cv-00236 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 11, 2018

Case Ongoing

The plaintiff in this case became a lawful permanent resident (LPR) in 1994 after immigrating to the United States from Trinidad and Tobago. After a conviction in 2001 for wire fraud, he served a prison sentence, was placed in immigration removal proceedings, and was held in immigration detention from 2006 to 2008. For a time, ICE had allowed the plaintiff to remain in the United States under an order of supervision and four successive stays of removal, accompanied by work authorization. Over t…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
League of Women Voters v. Johnson

2:17-cv-14148 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Dec. 27, 2017

Closed Date: Nov. 22, 2019

On December 22, 2017, the League of Women Voters of Michigan and eleven individual plaintiffs sued Ruth Johnson in her official capacity as Michigan Secretary of State in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division.  Plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that the congressional and legislative districting plan adopted by the Michigan Legislature in 2011 violated Plaintiffs’ rights under the First Amendment and the Equal Protect…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Georgia v. Biden

1:21-cv-00163 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Oct. 29, 2021

Closed Date: June 1, 2023

This case involved a challenge to President Biden’s Executive order 14042, titled Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, requiring federal departments and agencies to require contractors to fully vaccinate their workforce. On October 29, 2021, seven states (Georgia, Alabama, Idaho, Kansas, South Carolina, Utah, and West Virginia), the Board of Regents of University System of Georgia, the Georgia Department of Agriculture, the Alabama Department of R…