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POLICING
Abay v. Denver

1:20-cv-01616 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: June 4, 2020

Case Ongoing

This class-action suit was brought in Colorado state court on June 4, 2020. That same day, the case was removed by the defendants to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The complaint was filed in response to police tactics used against protesters in Denver following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, MN. Plaintiffs were individuals who participated in, observed, or wanted to participate in or observe the protests; they were represented by private counsel. The c…
PUBLIC HOUSING
LA Alliance for Human Rights v. City of Los Angeles

2:20-cv-02291 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: March 10, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case is a follow-up to Mitchell v. City of Los Angeles, in which advocates for unhoused people successfully pushed the City of Los Angeles to limit its removal of property in encampments in the Skid Row area of the city. LA Alliance for Human Rights, a community group that primarily represents the interests of business owners, homeowners, and property renters, unsuccessfully attempted to intervene in Mitchell and brought this case after that settlement was reached. LA Alliance filed this a…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Rights of North Carolina v. Sprouse

1:17-cv-00197 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Filed Date: July 21, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 9, 2018

This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy agency’s records access authority for investigations conducted by a government agency into a private facility. On July 21, 2017, Disability Rights North Carolina (Disability Rights NC), North Carolina’s P&A, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. Disability Rights North Carolina filed this lawsuit against Lisa Sprouse, Director of McDowell County’s Department of Social Services (Department), in her…
JAIL CONDITIONS
United States v. Hinds County

3:16-cv-00489 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: June 23, 2016

Case Ongoing

On May 21, 2015, the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) completed an investigation into Hinds County, Mississippi, over conditions at the Hinds County Adult Detention Facility and Work Center in Raymond (RDC) and the Jackson Detention Center in Jackson. The DOJ found that the facilities were chronically understaffed, that staff were not adequately trained or supervised, and that the facilities were poorly designed and ill-maintained. Facility staff in turn fa…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
U.S. v. Texas (DOJ CRIPA lawsuit involving many State Schools)

1:09-cv-00490 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: June 26, 2009

Case Ongoing

On December 11, 2006, the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division sent a "findings letter" to the governor of Texas, advising him of the results of its investigation into conditions and practices at the Lubbock State School ("LSS"), which housed people with developmental disabilities. The DOJ advised that its investigation found that conditions and services at LSS substantially departed from generally accepted standards of care. The DOJ issued additional "findings letters" on Decembe…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Florida v. United States

3:21-cv-01066 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the government’s policies and practices concerning undocumented immigrants at the United States-Mexico border. On September 28, 2021, the State of Florida filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. Florida sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Ci…
EDUCATION
Balow v. Michigan State University

1:21-cv-00044 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Jan. 15, 2021

Closed Date: Jan. 23, 2023

This is an ongoing Title IX case about Michigan State University's attempt to eliminate its varsity aquatics program. In October 2020, MSU –– a NCAA Division 1 school –– announced it would discontinue its women's and men's varsity swimming and diving programs at the end of the 2020-2021 season due to budget cuts. Eleven women on the team then hired private counsel to sue the University, president, its board of trustees, and its director of athletics. Their January 15, 2021 complaint, filed in t…
LABOR RIGHTS
Garcia v. Ahtna Support and Training Services, LLC

1:22-cv-00006 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Jan. 17, 2022

Case Ongoing

This putative class action suit was brought in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on January 17, 2022. The plaintiff was previously an employee of the defendant organizations, a foreign LLC who provided detention services for the federal government. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiff claimed that he was not properly compensated per the Fair Labor Standards Act as the defendant did not pay non-exempt detention officers for all of their hours worked. Specificall…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disabiltiy Rights North Carolina v. Frye

5:13-cv-00102 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Filed Date: July 22, 2013

Closed Date: Dec. 14, 2014

This is a case about whether a Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency can use its records access authority to receive peer review and internal investigation records regarding a deceased psychiatric facility resident. On July 22, 2013, Disability Rights North Carolina (Disability Rights NC) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. Disability Rights NC filed this lawsuit against Frye Regional Medical Center (Frye), a medical center with an inpatient …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Torres v. Milusnic

2:20-cv-04450 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 16, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 14, 2022

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action originally brought by five individuals held at Lompoc, a low-security prison facing one of the largest outbreaks of COVID-19 among U.S. federal prisons. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants failed to undertake reasonable preventative measures, which allowed the virus to spread to 60% of those in custody. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief for improved conditions of confinement, as well as a writ of habeas corpus for release. On…