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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…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Singleton v. Cannizzaro

2:17-cv-10721 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Oct. 17, 2017

Case Ongoing

On October, 17, 2017, eight residents of Louisiana who were victims of or witnesses to crimes filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, alleging that they had been jailed or threatened with jail by prosecutors in hopes of ensuring their testimony in court. They sued the District Attorney of Orleans Parish along with several assistant district attorneys under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU and Civil Rights Corps,…
POLICING
Davis v. City of New York

1:10-cv-00699 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2010

Case Ongoing

This is one of four ongoing cases challenging the constitutionality of the New York Police Department's "Stop and Frisk" program. See: Floyd v. City of New York (PN-NY-0009); Daniels v. City of New York (PN-NY-0010); and Ligon v. City of New York (PN-NY-0014). On January 28, 2010, the plaintiffs filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the City of New York and the New York City Housing Authority. The plaintiffs included Black and L…
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…
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…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
M.K.B. v. Eggleston

1:05-cv-10446 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 13, 2005

Closed Date: 2014

On December 13, 2005, a group of battered immigrant wives and children of lawful U.S. residents filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, challenging the denial of food stamps, Medicaid, and other public assistance benefits to certain categories of immigrants. The plaintiffs alleged that they applied for public benefits at New York City Job Centers, but were improperly denied those benefits in violation of state and federal law. …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Trump

1:18-cv-03636 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Nov. 28, 2018

Case Ongoing

This case is one of several brought nationwide by States, counties, and nonprofit organizations challenging the Trump administration's revised public charge rule, which expands the types of programs that the federal government will consider in public charge determinations to now also include previously excluded health, nutrition, and housing programs. This case was filed in the fall of 2018, after the State Department made changes to its Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) that revised the public char…
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…
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…