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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Johnson v. Flagler County School District

3:21-cv-00995 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Oct. 5, 2021

Closed Date: Oct. 31, 2022

This case is about a protection and advocacy (P&A) agency’s representation of a student plaintiff who was seeking to enforce a mediation agreement between the student's parents and the school district. The mediation agreement included terms about the location of special education services, transportation to the school, a bus aide and paraprofessional, direct instruction for specialized services, consultation with former teachers, holding an individualized education plan meeting, and conducting …
POLICING
Index Newspapers LLC v. City of Portland

3:20-cv-01035 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: June 28, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case involved allegations that the Portland police assaulted news reporters, photographers, legal observers, and other neutrals who were documenting the police’s violent response to protests over the murder of George Floyd. On June 28, 2020, the plaintiffs, who are members of the media and legal observers, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon on behalf of themselves and as a class of similarly situated people. The plaintiffs sued the City of Por…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Zielinski v. New York Department Of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS)

9:24-cv-00450 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: March 29, 2024

Closed Date: April 5, 2024

This is a case about the free exercise rights of incarcerated people. A group of individuals incarcerated in New York filed this putative class action lawsuit on March 29, 2024 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York against the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS), seeking an injunction to be allowed to see the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. The plaintiffs sued under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act as well as 42…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Keyes v. Gunn

3:16-cv-00228 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: March 30, 2016

Closed Date: Oct. 30, 2018

This case involved an election dispute in Mississippi concerning a tie in the vote for a seat in the House of Representatives for the State of Mississippi. Both candidates received 4,589 votes and the final result was determined by straw draw. The loser of the election filed a petition with the House contesting the election. A special committee was appointed and voted along party lines, discarding 5 of the 9 affidavit votes originally counted by Smith County election commissioners and the Secre…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Nelson v. Fawkes

1:18-cv-00017 | District Court of the Virgin Islands

Filed Date: June 11, 2018

Closed Date: Nov. 26, 2018

This is a case alleging election mismanagement in the US Virgin Islands election for governor. On June 11, 2018, an independent candidate running for governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) and his running mate filed this suit against the USVI supervisor of elections and Virgin Islands Territorial Board of Elections in the District of the Virgin Islands. Pursuant to the election law of the Virgin Islands codified at 17 V.I.C. §93, once an elector is registered, they are not required to regis…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
American Civil Rights Union v. Philadelphia City Commissioner

2:16-cv-01507 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 4, 2016

Closed Date: Oct. 17, 2017

This is a case about whether incarcerated individuals should be considered residents in a city's voter registration record.  On April 4, 2016, the American Civil Rights Union filed suit against the Commissioners of the City of Philadelphia in April of 2016 after providing notice that the number of voters registered in the City was improbably high given the number of residents based on recent data. Specifically, plaintiff took issue with defendants' inclusion of incarcerated individuals on the v…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Fleming v. Cherokee Nation

1:18-cv-02041 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2018

Closed Date: May 14, 2019

This is a case alleging that the Cherokee nation and Department of Interior treated Freedmen (descendants of former slaves of the Cherokee tribe) and Blood Cherokee (descendants of tribe members who were not enslaved) differently by allowing only a Blood Cherokee to serve as President of the Tribe.  On August 30, 2018, a member of the Cherokee nation who is the descendant former slaves of the Cherokee nation (known as Freedmen) and a company formed for the specific purpose of seeking redress to…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Brown v. Schedler

2:17-cv-09627 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 2017

Closed Date: May 3, 2018

This is a case alleging election mismanagement after two candidates were disqualified from a New Orleans election on the grounds that the falsified their personal tax history.  On September 26, 2017, two Louisiana citizens who had sought candidacies in New Orleans local filed a Complaint (pro se) against the Secretary of State of Louisiana, the Attorney General of Louisiana (together, the “State Official Defendants”), several Louisiana state court judges (altogether the “Judge Defendants” and c…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Mi Familia Vota v. Hobbs

2:20-cv-01903 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 5, 2020

This is a case seeking an extended voter registration period in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.  On September 30, 2020, two nonprofit civic engagement groups and a resident of Arizona who engages in voter registration work, filed a complaint seeking declaratory judgment and emergency motion for a TRO against the Arizona Secretary of State to extend the voter registration deadline to October 27, 2020. Plaintiffs argued that the COVID-19 pandemic severely curtailed plaintiffs’ voter registration …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Arizona Democratic Party v. Arizona Republican Party

2:16-cv-03752 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Oct. 21, 2016

Closed Date: Nov. 9, 2016

This is a case about alleged voter intimidation in Arizona during the 2016 Presidential election.  On October 31, 2026, after alleged reports of voter intimidation in anticipation of the 2016 presidential election, the Arizona Democratic Party initiated the present suit in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona against Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., the Arizona Republican Party, Roger J. Stone, Jr., and Stop the Steal, Inc., seeking injunctive relief for violations o…