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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Thompson v. State of Alabama

2:16-cv-00783 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 2016

Closed Date: May 25, 2023

A voting rights organization and several convicted felons filed putative class action against the Alabama Secretary of State, chair of county board of registrars, and chair of Board of Pardons and Paroles, alleging that the amendment to state constitution disenfranchising persons convicted of felonies involving moral turpitude violated Equal Protection and Ex Post Facto Clauses, and that Alabama's mail voting registration form violated National Voting Registration Act (NVRA).  The Supreme Court…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Alexander v. Hall

4:20-cv-00021 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 6, 2025

On February 10, 2020, fourteen prisoners at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Mississippi, filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. Press reports connected this sue to entertainment mogul Jay-Z, who had the month before written an open letter to Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant decrying the conditions at state correctional facilities. The plaintiffs claimed that state officials were aware of and deliberately indi…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
U.S. v. State of California

2:18-cv-00490 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: March 6, 2018

Closed Date: April 6, 2021

This case challenged California's "sanctuary city" state laws. The United States federal government filed this suit on March 6, 2018 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. The case was assigned to Judge John A. Mendez and Magistrate Kendall J. Newman. This lawsuit comes after a series of lawsuits filed by California jurisdictions challenging the federal government's sanctuary city policies, which deny federal funding to jurisdictions that impede the federal governmen…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

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

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…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Al Otro Lado v. Kelly

3:17-cv-02366 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: July 12, 2017

This case concerns the legality of the government’s treatment of asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. On July 12, 2017, a group of Honduran and Mexican asylum seekers and Al Otro Lado, a legal service organization which supports indigent deportees, refugees, and migrants, filed this class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The pseudonymous plaintiffs fled gang-related and/or severe domestic violence and presented themselves at a Port of Entry (PO…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Flores v. Town of Islip

2:18-cv-03549 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: June 18, 2018

Closed Date: Oct. 14, 2020

This case alleged that the town of Islip, New York's election scheme unconstitutionally diluted the strength of the Latino vote.  On June 18, 2018, Latino voters and a New York-based voting rights group sued the town of Islip, New York; the Islip Town Board; and the Suffolk County Board of Elections in the Eastern District of New York. Plaintiffs claimed that the city's at-large election scheme had the effect of impairing Islip’s minority Latino voters right to an equal opportunity to participa…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Missouri State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Ferguson-Florissant School District

4:14-cv-02077 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Dec. 18, 2014

This is a voter dilution case that challenged an at-large election system utilized by the Ferguson Florissant School District in the State of Missouri to elect members to its School Board.  On December 18, 2014, the Missouri State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and certain African American residents and registered voters of the District filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Plaintiffs sued Ferguson-Florissa…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Thakker v. Doll

1:20-cv-00480 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: March 24, 2020

Closed Date: April 18, 2023

On March 24, 2020, twelve civil immigration detainees held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at York County Prison (YCF), Clinton County Correctional Facility (CCCF), and Pike County Correctional Facility (PCCF) -- who because of their age or underlying medical conditions were particularly susceptible to serious illness or death in the event of a COVID-19 infection -- filed this habeas petition and complaint in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Medina v. Fischer

1:11-cv-00176 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 4, 2011

Closed Date: July 22, 2016

On January 4, 2011, visually impaired and blind inmates at Sullivan and Wende Correctional Facilities filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs— who initially represented themselves but later were represented by Legal Aid and private attorneys—asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief. The plaintiffs sued the State of New York for violations of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Title II of the American with D…
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 …