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REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains v. Lyskowski

2:16-cv-04313 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Nov. 30, 2016

Closed Date: Aug. 13, 2019

On November 30, 2016, Planned Parenthood brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri Central Division against Missouri state officials to challenge several abortion restrictions. In particular, Plaintiffs asserted that Missouri’s Ambulatory Surgical Center Licensing Law and Hospital Relationship Restriction unconstitutionally burdened access to abortion in the state. These statutes would have required health centers that provide abortions to be licensed as …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Make the Road New York v. Cuccinelli

1:19-cv-07993 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 27, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging the Trump administration’s reinterpretation of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) “public charge” rule (“the Rule”). On August 27, 2019, the plaintiffs Make the Road New York, African Services Committee, Asian American Federation, Catholic Charities Community Services, and Catholic Legal Immigration Network filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The case was assigned to Judge George B. Daniels. The plaintiffs sued…
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…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Buffkin v. Hooks

1:18-cv-00502 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: June 15, 2018

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in North Carolina Prisons. On June 15, 2018, three HCV positive prisoners filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. The plaintiffs sued the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (DPS) under 42 U.S.C. §1983. Represented by the ACLU of North Carolina, the plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, compensatory and punitive damages, and costs and attorney’s fees. Alleging that the agency’s HC…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. DeJoy

2:20-cv-04096 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 21, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about changes to U.S. Postal Service operations in the run-up to the 2020 general election. In May 2020, then-President Trump appointed a campaign donor as Postmaster General; he was confirmed in June 2020. In July, the new Postmaster General instituted a variety of USPS policy changes which were ostensibly intended to cut costs. The plaintiffs here were the states of Pennsylvania, California, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, and North Carolina, as well as the District of Columbia…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Concerned Pastors for Social Action v. Khouri

2:16-cv-10277 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Jan. 27, 2016

Case Ongoing

On January 27, 2016, Concerned Pastors for Social Action filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs sued the state of Michigan and the city of Flint under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. §300j-8(a). The plaintiffs, represented by counsel from the ACLU, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and private counsel, sought declaratory and injunctive relief. Specifically, the plaintiffs requested that the court: (1) declare the de…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Oakland v. Wells Fargo

3:15-cv-04321 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 21, 2015

Case Ongoing

On September 21, 2015, the City of Oakland filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against Wells Fargo & Co and Wells Fargo Bank NA under the Fair Housing Act, California Fair Employment and Housing Act, and California Government Code. The plaintiffs claimed that the defendants had engaged in predatory mortgage strategies that disproportionately targeted minority communities. Specifically, they alleged that the defendants had engaged in red…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
T.R. v. Dreyfus

2:09-cv-01677 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Nov. 24, 2009

Closed Date: Sept. 8, 2021

On November 24, 2009, Medicaid-eligible children with psychiatric and behavioral disorders living in Washington filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Represented by Disability Rights Washington, the National Health Law Program, the National Center for Youth Law, and private counsel, the plaintiffs sued the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services under the Medicaid Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act to addres…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Alcantara v. Archambeault

3:20-cv-00756 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: April 21, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a habeas petition brought on behalf of medically vulnerable immigration detainees confined in two detention centers in California. The plaintiffs were granted a temporary restraining order and released from detention on April 30, 2020. The motion for preliminary injunctions for both subclasses were denied on May 26 and July 22. The parties engaged in discovery as well as settlement discussions throughout late 2020 and 2021, and the case is currently stayed.This is a cl…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
International Refugee Assistance Project (“IRAP”) v. Trump

8:17-cv-00361 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 31, 2020

On February 7, 2017, five immigrant advocacy organizations and fifteen individual immigrants filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland (in Greenbelt). Represented by the ACLU and the National Immigration Law Center, the plaintiffs challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017, executive order (EO). The order restricted admission to the U.S. for nationals of seven majority-Muslim countries and suspended the U.S. refugee program. The plaintiffs allege…