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JUVENILE INSTITUTION

J.J. v. Litscher

3:17-cv-00047 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 2017

Case Ongoing

On January 23, 2017, four minor children confined to the state juvenile facilities Copper Lake School for Girls and the Lincoln Hills School for Boys filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. The plaintiffs sued various state officials responsible for the facility under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants had violated their Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights by wrongfully and unlawfully imposing solitary confinement, m…

Tenth Report of the Monitor

July 26, 2021

DISABILITY RIGHTS

A.A. v. Walled Lake Consolidated Schools

2:16-cv-14214 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Dec. 1, 2016

Closed Date: Feb. 25, 2019

A student plaintiff appealed an unfavorable Due Process Hearing related to alleged IDEA violations to Federal Court on December 1, 2016 The case was assigned to Judge Sean F. Cox. The lawsuit alleged that the district denied the student a free appropriate public education (“FAPE”) in the least restrictive environment (“LRE”), as mandated by the IDEA, 20 U.S.C. § 1412(a)(5) and also asserted that the District violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 12182, …

Order on the District's Motion for Reconsideration

AA v. Walled Lake Consolidated Schools

Sept. 12, 2018

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

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…

Preliminary Injunction

Dec. 21, 2018

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 …

Order on Motion for Summary Judgment

Aug. 8, 2022

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…

Brief of Law Professors of Constitutional Law, Federal Court Jurisdiction, Immigration, National Security, and Citizenship, as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners

Feb. 16, 2017

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…

Stipulation Regarding Final Judgment Entering Permanent Injunction, Awarding Attorney’s Fees and Dismissing Action with Prejudice; Request for Expedited Consideration

May 27, 2021

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…

Plaintiffs' Brief in Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment

Oct. 3, 2020

PRISON CONDITIONS

Walker v. Johnson

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