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EDUCATION
A.B. v. Hawaii State Department of Education

1:18-cv-00477 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2018

Case Ongoing

Two female student-athletes attending James Campbell High School filed a class action suit on December 6, 2018, against the school, the Hawai'i State Department of Education ("DOE"), and the Oahu Interscholastic Association ("OIA") in the U.S. District for the District of Hawai'i. Two more female student-athletes joined as named plaintiffs through an amended complaint filed on September 26, 2019. Plaintiffs were represented by the ACLU of Hawaii and Legal Aid at Work. The lawsuit was brought un…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Texas & Missouri v. United States

2:21-cv-00067 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 13, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the Biden Administration's termination of the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy, Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), which required individuals at the U.S.-Mexico border to wait in Mexico pending adjudication of their immigration claims. On President Biden's first day in office, January 20, 2021, the federal government suspended new enrollments in the program, functionally suspending MPP. A few months later, on April 13, 2021, the states of Texas and Missouri filed this l…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Aziz v. Trump

1:17-cv-00116 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: June 1, 2017

On January 28, 2017, lawful permanent residents (LPRs) of the United States, represented by the Legal Aid Justice Center and Mayer Brown, filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The plaintiffs brought the action as a petition for writ of habeas corpus and a civil complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief. They simultaneously filed an emergency application for a temporary restraining order (TRO). The plaintiffs were 50 to 60 lawful permanent residen…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Banks v. Booth

1:20-cv-00849 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 30, 2020

Case Ongoing

In the final week of March 2020, the District of Columbia Department of Corrections (“DOC”) announced five COVID-19 cases from different units in its facilities. On March 30, individuals incarcerated in D.C. jails filed this class action lawsuit on behalf of all such individuals in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Represented by the ACLU-DC and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, the plaintiffs sued the Director and Warden of the DOC. The plaintiffs ch…
PRISON CONDITIONS
James v. Global TelLink Corp.

2:13-cv-04989 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Aug. 20, 2013

Closed Date: Oct. 10, 2020

This is a case about the unfair business practices of Global Tel*Link, a private company with a state granted monopoly on telephone services in New Jersey's prison systems. On August 20, 2013 the plaintiffs, people incarcerated in New Jersey prisons and people who created accounts with Global Tel*Link to receive calls from New Jersey prisoners, filed this class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, where it was assigned to United States District Judg…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
K.P. v. LeBlanc

3:07-cv-00879 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Nov. 16, 2007

Closed Date: Oct. 8, 2013

This case challenged a Louisiana law that subjected abortion providers to strict liability for harm to a patient that occurred during an abortion procedure, in contravention of the state’s general medical malpractice laws. On November 16, 2007, the plaintiffs—a healthcare facility that provided abortion care and two physicians who provided abortion care at the healthcare facility—sued the executive director and other members of the Louisiana Patients’ Compensation Fund Oversight Board in their …
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Whole Woman's Health Alliance v. Rokita

1:18-cv-01904 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: June 21, 2018

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging Indiana laws regulating abortion. On June 21, 2018, a group of abortion providers and nonprofit organizations filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the plaintiffs sued the attorney general of Indiana, the commissioner of the Indiana State Department of Health, and the president of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana in their official capacities, as well as the St. Joseph County prosecutor in his …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
T.R. v. Dreyfus

2:09-cv-01677 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Nov. 24, 2009

Closed Date: Sept. 8, 2021

On November 24, 2009, Medicaid-eligible children with psychiatric and behavioral disorders living in Washington filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Represented by Disability Rights Washington, the National Health Law Program, the National Center for Youth Law, and private counsel, the plaintiffs sued the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services under the Medicaid Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act to addres…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Carden v. Town of Harpersville

2:15-cv-01381 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2015

Closed Date: May 18, 2018

This case is a follow on case to Burdette v. Town of Harpersville, Alabama (CJ-AL-0005). That was a class action case in Alabama state court in which people were "supervised" by the private probation company Judicial Correctional Services, Inc., (JCS) at the behest of the Harpersville Municipal court. The plaintiffs challenged JSC's exorbitant fees and practice of jailing people who were unable to pay them. The case resulted in a temporary restraining order, the abolition of the municipal court…
POLICING
United States v. City of Seattle

2:12-cv-01282 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 27, 2012

Case Ongoing

On March 31, 2011, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) opened an investigation of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (then codified at 42 U.S.C. § 14141; then recodified to 34 U.S.C. § 12601), the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Following a comprehensive investigation, on December 16, 2011, the DOJ announced its findings that SPD …