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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Petteway v. Galveston County

3:22-cv-00057 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 15, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case centers around the 2021 Galveston County, Texas redistricting process and is part of a series of cases challenging the redistricting practices in Galveston County over a number of years. This was the first Voting Rights Act (VRA) case decided since the Supreme Court’s decision in Allen v. Milligan, 599 U. S. 1 (2023). Following the 2010 Census, county leaders adopted a redistricting plan for the county commissioners’ districts that would have effectively removed the single minority op…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Remick v. City of Philadelphia

2:20-cv-01959 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 20, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action brought by individuals incarcerated in the Philadelphia Department of Prisons (Philadelphia's jail system), alleging that the conditions within the facility were unconstitutional due to the plaintiffs' heightened risk of serious illness or death from COVID-19. The parties entered into a partial settlement agreement as to protective equipment, disinfectant, and monitoring, which was approved by the court on June 3, 2020. The plaintiffs twice moved for con…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Gomes v. US Department of Homeland Security

1:20-cv-00453 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: April 15, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: Detained immigrants sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security alleging that the conditions of detention during the COVID-19 pandemic placed them at substantial risk of harm in violation of their due process rights. The court provisionally certified a class for the purpose of conducting bail hearings.Three immigration detainees filed this petition for habeas corpus and putative class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire on April 15, 20…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ms. L. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

3:18-cv-00428 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 2018

Case Ongoing

On February 26, 2018, an asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of Congo (Ms. L.) filed this lawsuit and a writ for habeas corpus in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. 2018 WL 1310160. The plaintiff sued the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and its parent agency, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and several other government entities and officials, all under the federal asylum statute and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Repre…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Does v. Michigan Department of Corrections

2:13-cv-14356 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Oct. 15, 2013

Closed Date: March 20, 2020

On October 15, 2013, seven Michigan prisoners under the age of 18 but confined in adult correctional institutions filed this putative class action in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs brought claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 18 U.S.C. § 1591 against the Michigan Department of Corrections, the Governor of Michigan, and a number of named correctional officers and administrators. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs alleged that they were sexual…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Little v. Frederick

6:17-cv-00724 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: June 5, 2017

Closed Date: July 19, 2023

On June 5, 2017, a Louisiana detainee filed this putative class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. He had been arrested and detained after being charged with felony theft and was unable to post the $375 bond to a for-profit bonding agent to clear his $3000 bail. The plaintiff sued the Sheriff, District Commissioner, and Chief Judge for the 15th Judicial District of Louisiana under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 2201. Represented by Civil Rights Co…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ramos v. Nielsen

3:18-cv-01554 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 12, 2018

Case Ongoing

On March 12, 2018, a group of U.S. children, their non-citizen parents, and other non-citizen adults filed this class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The plaintiffs challenged DHS’ new rule for determining whether or not to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for immigrants from countries facing various crises warranting their nationals to stay in the U.S. rather than be returned home. The plaintiffs argued that the new DHS rule violated thei…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
State of South Carolina v. United States of America

1:12-cv-00203 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2012

Closed Date: Oct. 12, 2012

On February 8, 2012, the State of South Carolina (“South Carolina”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for District of Columbia against the United States of America and United States Attorney General Eric H. Holder (collectively “the United States”).  South Carolina sought preclearance under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of a voter photo identification law (referred to as “Act R54”) enacted by South Carolina’s General Assembly, and …
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Fant v. City of Ferguson

4:15-cv-00253 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2015

Case Ongoing

On February 8, 2015, persons jailed for failing to pay fines imposed by the City of Ferguson that they could not afford filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. They alleged that (1) the City failed to conduct an inquiry into whether the plaintiffs were able to pay their fines before jailing them, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses; (2) the City failed to provide the plaintiffs with legal counsel during …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Batalla Vidal v. Nielsen

1:16-cv-04756 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 25, 2016

Case Ongoing

On August 25, 2016, a Mexican-born Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient living in New York filed this suit against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The plaintiff, represented by Make the Road New York, the National Immigration Law Center, and the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization, sued under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and 5 U.S.C. § 551, alleging that the revocation of his …