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PRISON CONDITIONS
Roppolo v. Linthicum

2:19-cv-00262 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Sept. 11, 2019

Case Ongoing

On September 11, 2017, individuals with Hepatitis C detained by the state of Texas brought this suit against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and its medical providers: Correctional Managed Healthcare Committee and the University of Texas Medical Branch. Hepatitis C, if left untreated, causes severe damage to a person’s liver. Yet Texas jails refused to provide Direct Acting Antiviral (DAA) medications, which the plaintiffs alleged was the treatment needed to comply with the Eigh…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hamama v. Adducci

2:17-cv-11910 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 15, 2017

Case Ongoing

Petitioners in this class action/habeas petition are Iraqi nationals—many, perhaps most, Chaldean Christian—who have resided in the United States for many years. They have been subject to final orders of removal for years, but the U.S. government permitted them to reside in the community under orders of supervision. In early 2017, political negotiation by the Trump administration with Iraq (related to Iraq's desire to be taken off the Trump Executive Order travel-ban list) led to Iraq’s agreeme…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hawaii v. Trump

1:17-cv-00050 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2017

Closed Date: Oct. 2, 2018

The below summary is a condensed version. The full summary can be found here on the Clearinghouse website. Hawaii Attorney General Douglas S. Chin filed this lawsuit on February 3, 2017 against President Trump’s Jan. 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO-1) barring legal immigrants, visitors, and refugees from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the US and barring Syrian refugees indefinitely. The State filed a concurrent complaint and motion for a temporary restraining order in the U.S. Distr…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Norbert v. San Francisco Sheriff's Department

3:19-cv-02724 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 20, 2019

Case Ongoing

On May 20, 2019, plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in federal court in the Northern District of California. Plaintiffs sought to represent a class of prisoners subjected to unconstitutional conditions in San Francisco county jails. More specifically, they sought to represent people having been confined in their cells for up to 23.5 hours per day with total denial of access to direct sunlight or outdoor recreation. Plaintiffs sued the San Francisco County Sheriff’s Department, the City and County of…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Dvash-Banks v. Tillerson [Dvash-Banks v. Pompeo]

2:18-cv-00523 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 22, 2018

Case Ongoing

On January 22, 2018, a father and his minor son filed this lawsuit in the District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiffs sued the U.S. Department of State (DOS) for not granting U.S. citizenship to the child plaintiff, because he was born outside of the U.S. to a same-sex dual-nationality couple. Represented by the nonprofit organization Immigration Equality and the private law firm Sullivan & Cromwell (who also represented the plaintiffs in a similar lawsuit filed the sa…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
City of New York v. Sessions

1:18-cv-06474 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 18, 2018

Closed Date: May 3, 2021

On July 18, 2018, the City of New York filed a complaint against the Attorney General of the U.S. and the Department of the Justice in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The City alleged that the defendants imposed new immigration-related conditions on the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), the Spending Clause, the Tenth Amendment, and separation of powers. The City, represented by priv…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Prince v. Aiellos

2:09-cv-05429 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Oct. 23, 2009

Case Ongoing

On October 23, 2009, an individual plaintiff filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Hackensack Police Department, Hackensack Municipal Court, Bergen County Jail in the City of Hackensack, Bergen County Municipal Court, and Bergen County Prosecutor. The plaintiff, representing himself pro se, sought compensatory and punitive damages plus special damages for future legal fees. The plaintiff specifically claimed that the defenda…
NATIONAL SECURITY
Ibrahim v. Department of Homeland Security

3:06-cv-00545 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 27, 2006

Case Ongoing

On January 27, 2006, a Muslim woman, represented by pro bono counsel, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against multiple state and federal agencies, alleging Section 1983 claims, state law tort claims, and several constitutional claims based on the inclusion of her name on government terrorist watchlists, including the No Fly List. The federal government filed a motion to dismiss based on lack of subject matter jurisdiction, claiming that jurisdi…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Smith v. Board of Commissioners

2:17-cv-07267 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: July 28, 2017

Case Ongoing

This is a case about disability access in public accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The plaintiff, a wheelchair user, filed this suit on July 28, 2017 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. She sued the Board of Commissioners of the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District and its chief executive, Kyle France; SMG; Live Nation; and Box Office Ticket Center, LLC under the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Louisiana Commission on…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Castaneda v. Burger King Corporation

3:08-cv-04262 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 10, 2008

Closed Date: June 12, 2016

On September 10, 2008, a wheelchair user brought a class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of individuals with disabilities who encountered various barriers to accessibility at many of California's 92 Burger King restaurants. He alleged that inaccessible restrooms, high counters, seating areas, and other aspects of Burger King restaurants violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. § 12182(a)) and California statutes including the Un…