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REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES

Whole Woman's Health v. Paxton

1:17-cv-00690 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: July 20, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 18, 2021

This is a case about a 2017 Texas law that effectively banned the most commonly-performed second-trimester abortion procedure, standard dilation & evacuation (D&E), by requiring "fetal demise" before the evacuation portion of the procedure (the law, 2017 SB8, is not to be confused with 2021 SB8 which authorized private monetary penalties on providers of nearly all abortions performed after 6 weeks). On July 20, 2017, Whole Women's Health, Planned Parenthood, and other individual Texas healthcar…

Memorandum Opinion Incorporating Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

Nov. 22, 2017

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…

Brief of Episcopal Bishops as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellees and Affirmance, in Opposition to Appellants' Motion for a Stay and on the Merits

International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

April 19, 2017

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

Regents of University of California v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:17-cv-05211 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 8, 2017

Case Ongoing

On June 18, 2020, the Supreme Court upheld the 9th Circuit's decision in this case that the Trump Administration acted unlawfully when it rescinded DACA, because its reasons for rescission were insufficient. The Regents of the University of California (UC) and Janet Napolitano, in her official capacity as President of the University of California, filed this lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) revocation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). T…

Supplemental Brief of the States of California, Maine, Maryland, and Minnesota

UC Regents v. USDHS

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

May 11, 2018

PRISON CONDITIONS

Valentine v. Collier

4:20-cv-01115 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 30, 2020

Closed Date: April 19, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action lawsuit brought by prisoners at a geriatric prison run by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The plaintiffs alleged violations of their Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights, as well as violations of the ADA and Rehabilitation Act by failing to make reasonable accommodations to protect the plaintiffs from COVID-19. They won a district court order requiring compliance with CDC recommendations, but the Fifth Circuit vacated the preliminary injuncti…

Memorandum and Order

July 2, 2020

PRISON CONDITIONS

McPherson v. Lamont

3:20-cv-00534 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: April 20, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a putative class action brought on April 20, 2020, by five detainees at the Connecticut Department of Correction, seeking release from detention or transfer to home confinement due to elevated health risks in light of the virus. The class was certified on June 12. On July 17, the parties entered into a settlement agreement which provided for a variety of specific mitigation measures to improve COVID-19-related sanitation, hygiene, testing, and medical monitoring at eve…

Order Denying Post-Notice Opt-Out and Intervenor Motions

July 20, 2020

DISABILITY RIGHTS

Communities Actively Living Independent and Free v. City of Los Angeles

2:09-cv-00287 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 14, 2009

Closed Date: Nov. 16, 2018

On January 14, 2009, disability rights advocacy organizations and individuals with disabilities in the Los Angeles Area filed a lawsuit on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against the City and County of Los Angeles under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794; The California Disabled Persons Act, California Civil Code § 5…

Order Re Injunctive Relief [Clarifying Court's Order Approving Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Adjudication]

Nov. 9, 2011

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER

State of New York v. Trump

1:17-cv-05228 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 6, 2017

Case Ongoing

Sixteen states, led by the State of New York, filed this lawsuit against the federal government on September 6, 2017, in response to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memorandum issued on September 5, ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The states argued that ending DACA violated due process and equal protection rights, and also violated the Administrative Procedure Act, and the Regulatory Flexibility Act. The states sought to enjoin the federal government fr…

Amicus Brief of the City of Los Angeles, 27 Additional Cities and Counties, the National League of Cities and the United States Conference of Mayors in Support of Plaintiffs' Motions for Preliminary Injunction

Dec. 22, 2017

POLICING

Davis v. City of New York

1:10-cv-00699 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2010

Case Ongoing

This is one of four ongoing cases challenging the constitutionality of the New York Police Department's "Stop and Frisk" program. See: Floyd v. City of New York (PN-NY-0009); Daniels v. City of New York (PN-NY-0010); and Ligon v. City of New York (PN-NY-0014). On January 28, 2010, the plaintiffs filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the City of New York and the New York City Housing Authority. The plaintiffs included Black and L…

Memorandum Opinion and Order

June 13, 2012

PRISON CONDITIONS

Edmo v. Idaho Department of Correction

1:17-cv-00151 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho