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Stinnie v. Holcomb

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

Filed Date: July 6, 2016

Case Ongoing

On July 6, 2016, indigent Virginia residents brought this 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 injunctive reli…
POLICING
Taylor v. City of Saginaw

1:17-cv-11067 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 5, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 20, 2022

This is the first case to allege that “chalking” tires––the practice of marking a legally parked vehicle to track how long it has been parked––to enforce parking time limits is a Fourth Amendment violation. On April 5, 2017, an individual plaintiff filed an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the City of Saginaw and its parking enforcement officer in her individual capacity. The plaintiff sought injunctive and declaratory relief …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Darweesh v. Trump

1:17-cv-00480 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 21, 2017

This lawsuit challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO-1) barring admission to the U.S. of nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The plaintiffs–visa holders who were detained at JFK airport and threatened with deportation pursuant to EO-1–filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and a civil complaint in District Court for the Eastern District of New York on January 28, 2017. Simultaneously, the plaintiffs filed a motion to certify…
POLICING
Epps v. City and County of Denver

1:20-cv-01878 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: June 25, 2020

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit was filed on June 25, 2020, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The suit responded to police tactics used on protesters in May and June of 2020, after police killed George Floyd. Represented by private counsel (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP) and ACLU attorneys, plaintiffs in this case were Black Lives Matter 5280, a Denver-based chapter of Black Lives Matter, and nine individual plaintiffs. They brought this suit against the city and county of Denver, offic…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom

3:20-cv-00865 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: May 8, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a suit brought by a church against the State of California’s enforcement of stay-at-home orders and prohibition of in-person religious policies. The plaintiffs alleged that California’s four-stage “Reopening Plan,” had relaxed the stay-at-home order for certain retail organizations as part of Stage 2 of the reopening, however, churches were to be opened months later. On May 15, the court denied the TRO and the plaintiffs appealed. The Ninth Circuit denied the injunctio…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Maney v. Brown

6:20-cv-00570 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: April 6, 2020

Case Ongoing

On April 6, 2020, prisoners in the Oregon Department of Corrections ("ODOC") filed this lawsuit against the governor of Oregon and several Oregon DOC officials in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Represented by private counsel, the Oregon Innocence Center, and the Oregon Justice Resource Center, the plaintiffs sought injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of their Eighth Amendment rights, as well as violations of the Oregon Constitution. Specifically, t…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Walker v. Johnson

4:81-40336 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 19, 1981

In 1981, a group of incarcerated persons brought this class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the State of Michigan; the Michigan Department of Corrections; and the wardens of Marquette Branch Prison, the State Prison of Southern Michigan, and the Michigan Reformatory at Ionia. The suit alleged that a lockdown imposed by prison officials in response to riots severely restricted the privileges afforded to incarcerated individuals and resulted in …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Sanchez v. Dallas County Sheriff

3:20-cv-00832 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 9, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class-action complaint brought on April 9, 2020, by nine detainees at the Dallas County Jail, who have either been infected with COVID-19 or are at risk due to underlying conditions, seeking release from detention due to the risks to their health in light of the virus. The court rejected the request for temporary restraining order on April 26. The plaintiffs amended their complaint, but the habeas claims were dismissed again on August 18. On September 25, defendants …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Wilson v. Ponce

2:20-cv-04451 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 16, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action by individuals held at Terminal Island, a Care Level 3 medical facility designed for those with long-term medical needs. The plaintiffs alleged violations of their Eighth Amendment rights and sought declaratory and injunctive relief, and a writ of habeas corpus requiring immediate downsizing of the population, with priority given to those with heightened medical vulnerability. They requested a TRO and a preliminary injunction for risk-mitigation measures…
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 …