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PRISON CONDITIONS
Green v. Hooks

6:14-cv-00046 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

Filed Date: May 17, 2014

Closed Date: Oct. 5, 2020

This case is the consolidation of two separate civil actions filed by the same plaintiff, a transgender woman housed at Rogers State Prison in Georgia, a single sex men's facility. The plaintiff was sexually assaulted several times by another prisoner while in both general population and protective custody. On May 17, 2014, she filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that the Warden, Deputy Warden, and Lieutenant of the prison w…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Whole Woman's Health Alliance v. Rokita

1:18-cv-01904 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: June 21, 2018

Closed Date: Oct. 21, 2022

This is a case challenging Indiana laws regulating abortion. On June 21, 2018, a group of abortion providers and nonprofit organizations filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. The plaintiffs, represented by The Lawyering Project and a private firm, sued Indiana under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking injunctive and declaratory relief and attorney's fees. They claimed Indiana’s abortion laws violated the free speech clause of the First Amendment and the due p…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
The Authors Guild v. HathiTrust, Inc.

1:11-cv-06351 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 12, 2011

Closed Date: Dec. 30, 2014

On September 12, 2011, the Authors Guild and several other national and international organizations representing the interest of authors filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the HathiTrust, the President and Regents of the University of Michigan (the lead institution behind the HathiTrust), and the presidents, trustees, and regents of several other universities participating in the HathiTrust. The HathiTrust runs the HathiTrust…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Guerra v. West Los Angeles Community College

2:16-cv-06796 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 9, 2016

Case Ongoing

On September 9, 2016, three students with mobility disabilities at West Los Angeles College (WLAC) filed suit under the Title II of the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and California state law against WLAC and the Los Angeles Community College District to require the college to provide transportation throughout campus as had been provided until February 2016.  The lawsuit was filed in federal court, Central District of California and assigned to District Judge Michael W. Fitzgeral…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Gray v. County of Riverside

5:13-cv-00444 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 8, 2013

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This class action about medical care in the Riverside County jails settled in 2015. On April 4, 2020, plaintiffs brought a motion to enforce the consent decree, seeking implementation of expert-endorsed coronavirus-related protocols including social distancing. On April 16, the Court agreed, requiring planning and potentially prisoner transfers. A formal COVID-19 plan was approved in July 2020 and revised in October 2020 and June 2022. On May 8, 2013, three prisoners in River…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hamama v. Adducci

2:17-cv-11910 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 15, 2017

Case Ongoing

Petitioners in this class action/habeas petition are Iraqi nationals—many, perhaps most, Chaldean Christian—who have resided in the United States for many years. They have been subject to final orders of removal for years, but the U.S. government permitted them to reside in the community under orders of supervision. In early 2017, political negotiation by the Trump administration with Iraq (related to Iraq's desire to be taken off the Trump Executive Order travel-ban list) led to Iraq’s agreeme…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Saravia v. Sessions

3:17-cv-03615 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 22, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case, filed on June 22, 2017, was brought by a parent on behalf of her minor child for wrongful incarceration by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The complaint alleged that the child, A.H., was released into the plaintiff's custody but that a few years later, ICE arrested and detained him without cause. Represented by the ACLU of Northern California, the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project, and the private law firm Cooley LLP, the plaintiff argued that the government violated th…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Vote Forward v. DeJoy

1:20-cv-02405 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2020

Closed Date: May 25, 2021

This is a case about delays in mail-in ballots due to United States Postal Service (USPS) policy changes. On August 28, 2020, Vote Forward, Voces Unidas de las Montañas, Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (“COLOR”), Padres & Jóvenes Unidos, and eleven individuals filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against USPS and the Postmaster General. The challenged policies included policies prohibiting late or extra delivery trips. P…
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…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Barnett v. Tony

0:20-cv-61113 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: June 5, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a class-action lawsuit about the sufficiency of COVID-19 safety protocols at Broward County Jails, administered by the Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO). On June 5, 2020, thirteen named plaintiffs and a local NGO, Disability Rights Florida, represented by the ACLU, filed the case seeking a writ of habeas corpus and injunctive and declaratory relief. Plaintiffs alleged that the BSO knowingly failed to adopt and implement adequate policies and procedures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. T…