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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Stephen C. v. Bureau of Indian Education

3:17-cv-08004 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 2017

Case Ongoing

On January 23, 2017, several former and current students at Havasupai Elementary School, a Bureau of Indian Education school located on the Havasupai Reservation in Arizona, and Native American Disability Law Center (“NADLC”), filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona alleging that they were denied educational opportunities guaranteed to them by federal law. The plaintiffs, who proceeded individually, were represented by attorneys from NADLC, Public Counsel, the ACLU…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Make the Road New York v. Cuccinelli

1:19-cv-07993 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 27, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging the Trump administration’s reinterpretation of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) “public charge” rule (“the Rule”). On August 27, 2019, the plaintiffs Make the Road New York, African Services Committee, Asian American Federation, Catholic Charities Community Services, and Catholic Legal Immigration Network filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The case was assigned to Judge George B. Daniels. The plaintiffs sued…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Democratic National Committee v. Bostelmann

3:20-cv-00249 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: March 18, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 20, 2021

In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, states all around the country attempted to conduct presidential primary elections. Simultaneously, Americans were practicing “social distancing,” sheltering in place, and avoiding going out in public and interacting with others as much as possible. Individuals, especially those over the age of sixty and those with preexisting conditions like asthma and autoimmune disorders, were encouraged to stay home as much as possible. Schools and daycares closed across …
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
United States v. Lincoln Parish School Board

3:66-cv-12071 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: June 8, 1966

Case Ongoing

On June 8, 1966, the United States Department of Justice filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. The Department of Justice sued to enjoin the operation of a dual school system in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. This lengthy case involves a number of appeals and consolidations with other school desegregation cases proceeding in parallel in the Western District of Louisiana. Obtaining a Consent DecreeOn July 28, 1966, the defendants’ counsel admitted that Linc…
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

Case Ongoing

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 (POE) at the U.S.-Mexico border to seek protection; they alleged that they were wrongfully denied access to an…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Aguilar v. ICE

1:07-cv-08224 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 20, 2007

Case Ongoing

On September 20, 2007 several Latino families and individuals, represented by the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund and private counsel, filed a class action suit against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division of the Department of Homeland Security in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, challenging raids conducted as part of a program called "Operation Return to Sender." Plaintiffs alleged that federal agents unlawfully raided the hom…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Whitford v. Gill

3:15-cv-00421 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: July 8, 2015

Closed Date: Aug. 22, 2019

On July 8, 2015, 12 registered Democratic voters in Wisconsin filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. The plaintiffs sued the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988, claiming violations of their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Represented by the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and by private counsel, the plaintiffs sought a declaration that the districting plan created by Wisconsin Ac…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
O'Toole v. Cuomo & U.S. v. New York (formerly Disability Advocates Inc. (DAI) v. Pataki)

1:13-cv-04166 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: June 30, 2003

Case Ongoing

This Clearinghouse entry describes two closely entwined lawsuits: O'Toole v. Cuomo, U.S. v. New York, and Disability Advocates Inc. v. Pataki. On June 30, 2003, Disability Advocates, Inc. (DAI) filed a lawsuit on behalf of New York residents in large "adult homes," privately owned but state-funded facilities for individuals with mental illness or other disabilities, and on behalf of all individuals at risk of being institutionalized in adult homes. Plaintiffs filed their case in the U.S. Distr…
NATIONAL SECURITY
In re National Security Agency Telecommunications Records Litigation

3:06-md-01791 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 26, 2006

The Consolidation of Cases into 06-MD-1791On August 9, 2006, the Judicial Panel on Multi District Litigation (MDL Panel) created this matter, MDL No. 06-1791, and set its venue in the Northern District of California. Ultimately, the case consolidated approximately 40 total cases, including consumer class actions against telecom companies, cases against the U.S. government, and cases by the government against state officials. First, the MDL Panel consolidated the consumer class actions against t…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Dhiab v. Obama

1:05-cv-01457 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 22, 2005

Closed Date: 2017

On July 22, 2005, a detainee at Guantánamo Bay Naval Station, by his next friend, filed this petition for writ of habeas corpus in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Represented by attorneys from a civil rights firm and the Center for Constitutional Rights, the plaintiff also brought suit under the Alien Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1350; the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651; and the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201.The petitioner alleged violations of the Due Proces…