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DISABILITY RIGHTS
E.S. v. State

1:18-cv-00008 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: May 23, 2018

Closed Date: July 9, 2018

The plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in state court to challenge the fair hearing decision on May 23, 2018.  The state removed the case to the US District Court, Federal District of Alaska on June 22, 2018.  The case was assigned to Judge H. Russel Holland.  Plaintiffs are two brothers each eligible for Alaska Medicaid waiver services, For years, they had each received 15 hours per week of individual day habilitation and 15 hours per week of group day habilitation services. Their services were reduce…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
National Federation of the Blind v. Lamone

1:14-cv-01631 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 19, 2014

Closed Date: Sept. 12, 2016

The State of Maryland developed an online ballot marking tool, which was used in the 2012 election, and modified to be more accessible for people with disabilities with the input of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB). By 2014, however, in response to concerns about the security of this method, the legislature passed a requirement that such tools must be certified by the Board of Elections, which the Board failed to do. This left Maryland voters with disabilities without an accessible me…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Mooneyhan v. Husted

3:12-cv-00379 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Nov. 6, 2012

Closed Date: June 11, 2013

  NDRN: On November 6, 2012, Disability Rights Ohio filed a complaint and a motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) on behalf of plaintiff in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.  The complaint alleged that the Director of the Darke County Board of Elections and the Ohio Secretary of State had unlawfully discriminated against the plaintiff by refusing to grant reasonable accommodations to policies and procedures that would allow her to vote in the General Election. …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. Orange County Board of Elections

7:12-cv-03071 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 18, 2012

Closed Date: Jan. 31, 2017

This is a case about the protection of voting rights of Spanish-speakers in Orange County, New York, who had limited English proficiency. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on April 18, 2012, against the Orange County Board of Elections (BOE). The plaintiffs alleged violations of Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, because the BOE failed to provide ballots and voting information in…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Common Cause v. Rucho

1:16-cv-01026 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Aug. 5, 2016

Closed Date: Oct. 18, 2019

The following case alleged that North Carolina’s 2016 redistricting plan was an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. Ultimately, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that partisan gerrymandering was a non-justiciable political question.  The case was filed on August 5, 2016, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Plaintiffs included an organization advocating for redistricting reform, the North Carolina Democratic Party, and fifteen registered Democrats. Defendants…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Brown County Taxpayers Association v. President Joseph R Biden Jr

1:22-cv-01171 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 2022

Case Ongoing

On October 4, 2022, the Brown County Taxpayers Association (BCTA), a local tax policy organization, filed suit against the Biden administration in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, alleging that the administration's announced one-time student loan debt relief plan was unconstitutional. The plan was designed to forgive $10,000 to $20,000 in student loans for qualified borrowers. BCTA asserted that the [lan violated the separation of powers doctrine by making a new la…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
R.R. v. Washington State Department of Social and Health Services

3:17-CV-05080 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 1, 2017

Closed Date: July 19, 2017

On February 1, 2017, residents with disabilities confined at the Special Commitment Center (“SCC”) filed suit against the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (“DSHS”), the Acting Secretary of DSHS, and the C.E.O. of the SCC. The residents, named only by their initials in the complaint, contended that they were not receiving individualized and appropriate care, including sex offender treatment, despite being committed to the facility expressly for the purpose of such treatm…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. Evolve Bank and Trust

2:22-cv-02667 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2022

Case Ongoing

On September 29, 2022, the United States filed a complaint against Evolve Bank and Trust in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee under the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. Judge Sheryl H. Lipman and Chief Magistrate Judge Tu M. Pham heard this case. The United States claimed that, from 2014 to 2019, Evolve Bank discriminated against women, Black, and Hispanic borrowers via its “discretionary pricing” components of home loan borrowing. “Discretionar…
EDUCATION
Charles H. v. District of Columbia

1:21-cv-00997 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 9, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the District of Columbia's alleged failure to provide special education and related services to incarcerated students during the COVID-19 pandemic.  D.C. Public Schools was the service provider for certain high school students with disabilities and special education needs, who were enrolled in the D.C. Jail's on-site school through the Inspiring Youth Program (IYP).  IYP Classes for were suspended on March 13, 2020.  For over a year, however, IYP students alleged that instr…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Benavidez v. Irving Independent School District (Texas)

3:08-cv-00924 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: June 2, 2008

Closed Date: June 18, 2010

This is a case about an independent school district's at-large system of electing members to its Board of Trustees which allegedly denied Hispanic voters the opportunity to participate meaningfully in the electoral process. On June 2, 2008, a Hispanic candidate for the Irvine Independent School District Board of Trustees filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The plaintiff sued the Irving Independent School District and the Board trustees in their offi…