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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Rights California v. Sierra Vista Rehabilitation Center

2:09-cv-03664 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 22, 2009

Closed Date: Sept. 9, 2010

This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy agency's records access authority. On May 22, 2009, Disability Rights California (DRC) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Sierra Vista Rehabilitation Center, a nursing facility whose residents included people with disabilities, and SunBridge, the company that operated it. DRC alleged that Sierra Vista violated the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act (PAIMI), 42 U.…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Flores v. The National Football League

1:22-cv-00871 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 1, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a lawsuit alleging race discrimination in the National Football League's hiring of coaching staff. On February 1, 2022, former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores—who had been fired by the Dolphins and then rejected from other coaching jobs—sued the NFL and its 32 teams in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Flores, who is Black, put forth evidence that he was interviewed for coaching roles only to satisfy NFL rules, not because he was under serious conside…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
G.H. v. Marstiller

4:19-cv-00431 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Sept. 4, 2019

Closed Date: Sept. 8, 2022

On September 4, 2019, three minors—through their legal guardians—filed a complaint against the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. The plaintiffs, represented by lawyers from the Southern Poverty Law Center, Florida Justice Institute, and Florida Legal Services, sought class action certification to represent several thousand juveniles (and several hundred in a subclass of juveniles with disabilities) who were or would be …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Bird v. Barr

1:19-cv-01581 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 29, 2019

Case Ongoing

On May 29, 2019, a group of female Intelligence Analyst and Agent Trainees at the FBI’s Training Academy in Quantico, Virginia filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of themselves and a class of more than 125 female Agent and Analyst Trainees who had been subjected to similar gender-based harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. The plaintiffs sued the Attorney General of the United States in his official capacity under Title VII of the…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Rights New York v. Wise

1:15-cv-00032 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 9, 2015

This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency’s records access authority. On January 9, 2015, Disability Rights New York, New York’s P&A, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York.  Disability Rights New York filed this lawsuit against the Director of the New York State’s Justice Center for Protection of People with Special Needs (Justice Center), a state agency. Disability Rights New York filed this lawsuit under the Developmental Disabil…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Pratt v. Ott

1:20-cv-00171 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 22, 2021

On February 4, 2020, a person in pretrial detention at the Lebanon County Correctional Facility (LCCF) in Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania against LCCF personnel and Lebanon County. The plaintiff alleged that he was placed in administrative segregation for refusing to cut off his dreadlocks in accordance with his Rastafarian faith. The case was initially assigned to Judge Jennifer P. Wilson, and was reassigned to Chief Judge …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Huisha-Huisha v. Mayorkas

1:21-cv-00100 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 12, 2021

Closed Date: May 11, 2023

This is a case about immigration policy that restricted refugee and asylum entry into the United States on account of health concerns around the coronavirus pandemic. On January 12, 2021, families of asylum- and refugee-seekers, who were detained by the Department of Homeland Security, sued the U.S. federal government for humanitarian protection in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. With the spread of coronavirus, on March 20, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
United States of America v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc.

2:21-CV-00022 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 5, 2021

Case Ongoing

On February 5, 2021 an anonymous Plaintiff, “Relator Alex Doe,” brought this civil fraud action on behalf of the United States, Texas, and Louisiana against Defendants Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., and other Planned Parenthood affiliates. Plaintiff sought to recover damages and civil penalties they alleged were owed to the United States, Texas, and Louisiana as a result of Planned Parenthood having presented “false or fraudulent claims for payment of approval under the Medicai…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Priorities USA v. Nessel

4:19-cv-13341 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 2019

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit was filed on November 12, 2019 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiff, a left-wing advocacy group called Priorities USA, sued Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel in her official capacity. They were represented by private counsel. The group claimed that two Michigan laws, the "Voter Transportation Ban" and the "Absentee Ballot Organizing Ban," violated the U.S. Constitution. The Voter Transportation Ban prohibited the hiring of vehicles to b…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Rights of North Carolina v. Sprouse

1:17-cv-00197 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Filed Date: July 21, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 9, 2018

This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy agency’s records access authority for investigations conducted by a government agency into a private facility. On July 21, 2017, Disability Rights North Carolina (Disability Rights NC), North Carolina’s P&A, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. Disability Rights North Carolina filed this lawsuit against Lisa Sprouse, Director of McDowell County’s Department of Social Services (Department), in her…