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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
National TPS Alliance v. Noem

3:25-cv-01766 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2025

Case Ongoing

On February 19, 2025, the National TPS Alliance (NTPSA) and Venezuelans with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) status filed this lawsuit against the United States of America, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and DHS Secretary Noem in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The Plaintiffs challenged Secretary Noem’s decisions to (1) vacate the January 17, 2025 extension of TPS for Venezuelans through October 2, 2026; and (2) terminate TPS for the Venezuela​…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
True the Vote, Inc. v. Internal Revenue Service

1:13-cv-00734 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 21, 2013

Case Ongoing

The case arose from the IRS’s years-long delay in processing a non-profit’s application for recognition as a tax-exempt organization. On May 21, 2013, True the Vote—a Texas-based nonprofit organization focused on elections—filed suit against the Internal Revenue Service, the United States, and a number of IRS officials. Represented by the ActRight Legal Foundation, the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence at Chapman University School of Law, and private counsel, the plaintiffs sued in the U.…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Trivette v. Tennessee Department of Correction

3:20-cv-00276 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: March 31, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 31, 2020, a deaf man in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) and Disability Rights Tennessee (DRT), the state protection and advocacy entity, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. The plaintiffs sued TDOC alleging violations of Title II of the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act for failure to provide effective communication accommodations. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged inmates incarcerated at TDOC f…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Garnett v. Zeilinger

1:17-cv-01757 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 9, 2020

This is a case about delays in receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in Washington, DC. On August 28, 2017, four recipients of the SNAP and Bread for the City, a nonprofit  that provides  safety-net support to the District of Columbia’s low-income community, filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs filed suit against the  Director of the District of Columbia Department of Human Services (DHS) alleging the …
POLICING
People of New York v. New York

1:21-cv-00322 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 14, 2021

Case Ongoing

On behalf of the residents of New York, New York Attorney General Letitia James brought this lawsuit against the New York City Police Department on January 14, 2021 in the Southern District of New York. The complaint alleged that NYPD officers regularly used excessive force against and falsely arrested peaceful protesters exercising their First Amendment rights during the widespread racial justice protests that took place from May 28, 2020 to December 11, 2020. The plaintiff sued all defendants…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Washington v. The GEO Group Inc.

3:17-cv-05806 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Sept. 20, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case addressed whether a Washington State minimum wage law applied to immigration detainees. The state of Washington filed suit in the Pierce County Superior Court on September 20, 2017. The defendant was the GEO Group, Inc., a for-profit corporation that operated the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC). Washington alleged two causes of action. First, they claimed defendant’s policy of paying immigrant detainees only $1 per day violated the Washington Minimum Wage Act (MWA), which set the mi…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Day v. District of Columbia

1:10-cv-02250 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Dec. 23, 2010

Case Ongoing

The plaintiffs, institutionalized individuals in the District of Columbia with disabilities, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on December 23, 2010. The complaint alleged that the District of Columbia had policies and procedures that force the unnecessary institutionalization of people with disabilities who could live in the community with appropriate services. The plaintiffs claimed that these policies, which erected barriers to receiving long-term care…
CHILD WELFARE
D.S. v. Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families

2:21-cv-00113 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the treatment of children in the care of the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) with behavioral health and/or developmental disabilities. On January 28th, 2021, three children under the care of DCYF brought a class-action suit along with Disability Rights Washington against DCYF in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. The case was assigned to Judge Barbara J. Rothstein. Disability Rights Washington argued …
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Stuart v. Huff

1:11-cv-00804 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2011

Case Ongoing

This case has to do with the “Woman’s Right to Know Act” (the Act), which was enacted on July 28, 2011 after the legislature overrode a veto by the Governor of North Carolina. This case was brought by the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, Center for Reproductive Rights, and A Woman’s Choice of Raleigh, Inc., on behalf of various physicians, licensed to practice medicine in the State of North Carolina and other various clinics providing reproductive health care services in North Carolina. The case was b…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
League of Women Voters v. Ashcroft

2:18-cv-04073 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: April 17, 2018

Case Ongoing

On April 17, 2017, League of Women Voters of Missouri, St. Louis A. Philip Randolph Institute, and Greater Kansas City A. Philip Institute filed a suit against the Missouri Secretary of State and the Director of the Missouri Department of Revenue. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants continuously failed to comply with portions of the “Motor Vehicle” provisions of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, 52 U.S.S. § 20501, et seq. (“NVRA”). Plaintiff alleged that the defendants failed …