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46 cases, 52 documents
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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…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

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…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Case Dismissed on Appeal

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…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Rogers v. United States Department of Health and Human Services

6:19-cv-01567 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: May 5, 2019

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2023

This case involves a Fourteenth Amendment challenge based on religious and sexual orientation discrimination.  On May 5, 2019, two prospective foster parents in South Carolina brought suit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Secretary of HHS; the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), the Assistant Secretary of ACF, and the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of ACF; the Governor of South Carolina; and the State Director of the South Carolina Departm…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

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

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 …
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

On April 20, 2020, ten individuals held at the Philadelphia Department of Prisons brought this action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Represented by the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, the ACLU of Pennsylvania, and private counsel, the plaintiffs sued the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Department of Prisons ("PDP") under 22 U.S.C. § 2241, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201-2202, seeking relief based on deprivations of their Fourteenth…
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

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, 2020. The putative class consisted of all civil immigration detainees held by the Strafford County Department of Corrections (SCDOC). Represented by private counsel, the Federal Defender's Office, and the American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire, the plaintiffs sued the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Home…
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…