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POLICING
Ratlieff v. City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida

0:22-cv-61029 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: May 31, 2022

Closed Date: Dec. 23, 2024

In the aftermath of George Floyd's death in May 2020, nationwide protests erupted, including a significant demonstration in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 31, 2020. During the protest, the Fort Lauderdale Police Department (FLPD) attempted to disperse the crowd through use of tear gas and kinetic impact projectiles, otherwise known as rubber bullets. The plaintiff in this case, a participant in the May 2020 demonstration, alleged she was shot in the eye by a direct impound round, causing seve…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Does v. Snyder (Does II)

2:16-cv-13137 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2016

Closed Date: May 5, 2022

This case involved a class action lawsuit on behalf of all people required to register under Michigan’s Sex Offender Registry Act (SORA). On August 30, 2016, the plaintiff filed this lawsuit on behalf of himself and similarly situated plaintiffs in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Southern Division against the governor of Michigan and the director of the Michigan State Police under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Represented by private co…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Marie v. Moser

2:14-cv-02518 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: Oct. 10, 2014

Closed Date: July 22, 2016

This case is a constitutional challenge to Kansas laws which prohibited same-sex marriages. On October 10, 2024, two same-sex couples who reside in Kansas sued the Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, a Clerk of the District Court for the 7th Judicial District, and a Clerk of the District Court for the 18th Judicial District, in U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, Kansas City Division. Plaintiffs challenged the state of Kansas’ practice of denying marriage s…

Injunction Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
City and County of San Francisco v. Donald J. Trump

3:25-cv-01350 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the Trump Administration’s authority to withhold federal funding from "sanctuary cities" in order to coerce them to comply with the Administration’s immigration agenda. On February 7, 2025, five cities and counties–San Francisco, CA; Santa Clara, CA; Portland, OR; King County, WA; and New Haven, CT–filed this lawsuit against President Donald J. Trump, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the District Court for the Northern District of …

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
U.S. v. State of California

2:18-cv-00490 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: March 6, 2018

Closed Date: April 6, 2021

This case challenged California's "sanctuary city" state laws. The United States federal government filed this suit on March 6, 2018 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. The case was assigned to Judge John A. Mendez and Magistrate Kendall J. Newman. This lawsuit comes after a series of lawsuits filed by California jurisdictions challenging the federal government's sanctuary city policies, which deny federal funding to jurisdictions that impede the federal governmen…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Little v. Washington Metro. Area Transit Auth.

1:14-cv-01289 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 30, 2014

Closed Date: April 27, 2018

On July 30, 2014, nine African American employees with criminal records filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and its contractors. The plaintiffs, represented by the NAACP, the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, and private counsel, sought a declaratory judgment that the practices of the WMATA and its contractors were unlawful and violated Title VII of the Civil Righ…
JAIL CONDITIONS
United States v. Hinds County

3:16-cv-00489 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: June 23, 2016

Case Ongoing

On May 21, 2015, the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) completed an investigation into Hinds County, Mississippi, over conditions at the Hinds County Adult Detention Facility and Work Center in Raymond (RDC) and the Jackson Detention Center in Jackson. The DOJ found that the facilities were chronically understaffed, that staff were not adequately trained or supervised, and that the facilities were poorly designed and ill-maintained. Facility staff in turn fa…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Pickup v. Brown

2:12-cv-02497 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 2012

Closed Date: Aug. 9, 2016

This case is a constitutional challenge to Senate Bill 1172, a bill that banned the practice of conversion therapy on minors in California, amending California Business and Professions Code §§ 865, 865.1, 865.2 (“SB 1172”).  On October 4, 2012, parents residing in the State of California, licensed marriage and family therapists, clinical psychologists, the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality, and American Association of Christian Counselors brought this suit against t…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Affirmed

PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Stinnie v. Holcomb

3:16-cv-00044 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 6, 2016

Closed Date: Feb. 25, 2025

On July 6, 2016, indigent Virginia residents brought this putative class action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia after suffering indefinite suspension of their driver's licenses pursuant to Virginia Code § 46.2-395 for failure to pay court costs and fines that they could not afford. The plaintiffs sued the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private attorneys, the plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunc…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Rogers v. United States Department of Health and Human Services

6:19-cv-01567 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: May 5, 2019

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2023

This case involves a Fourteenth Amendment challenge based on religious and sexual orientation discrimination.  On May 5, 2019, two prospective foster parents in South Carolina brought suit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Secretary of HHS; the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), the Assistant Secretary of ACF, and the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of ACF; the Governor of South Carolina; and the State Director of the South Carolina Departm…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)