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POLICING
U.S. v. Territory of the Virgin Islands

3:08-cv-00158 | District Court of the Virgin Islands

Filed Date: Dec. 23, 2008

Case Ongoing

In March 2004, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division initiated an investigation of the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) pursuant to 42 USC § 14141. On October 5, 2005, the DOJ issued a technical assistance letter to VIPD, making recommendations regarding specific changes to the department's policies regarding use of force, vehicle pursuits, holding cells, misconduct investigations, discipline, supervisory oversight, and training. On December 23, 2008, the DOJ …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Dobbey v. Weilding

1:13-cv-01068 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2013

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: The plaintiffs, a class of prisoners housed at Stateville Correctional Center, asked the court to temporarily appoint an expert to oversee the Illinois Department of Correction's (IDOC) response to the COVID-19 pandemic at Stateville. The court denied the motion on April 13, 2020. This case was originally filed in 2013. The original plaintiff, Lester Dobbey, was an inmate in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections in the Stateville Correctional Center. On Februa…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
J.P. v. Belton School District No. 124

4:20-cv-00189 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: March 13, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 17, 2021

This is a case about a protection and advocacy (P&A) agency’s representation of a plaintiff student seeking to remain in a less restrictive educational placement. On March 13, 2020, Missouri (MO) Protection and Advocacy Services filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. MO P&A Services alleged that the Belton School District No. 124 and the Missouri Department of Education violated the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Title II of t…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Brandt v. Rutledge

4:21-cv-00450 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: May 25, 2021

Case Ongoing

On April 6, 2021, the Arkansas legislature passed H.B. 1570 — the "Save Adolescents from Experimentation” (SAFE) Act — over the governor’s veto. The Safe Act banned healthcare professionals from providing gender transition procedures, including puberty blockers and hormones, to anyone under 18 or from referring anyone under 18 to any healthcare professional for such procedures. Additionally, the SAFE Act prohibited coverage of gender transition procedures for minors by Medicaid or private insur…
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

Case Ongoing

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…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Cooper v. Kliebert

3:14-cv-00507 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2014

Case Ongoing

On August 14, 2014, a number of prisoners in Louisiana state prisons filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. The plaintiffs, represented by public interest attorneys, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that, despite being found not guilty by reason of insanity of criminal offenses, they were still being incarcerated in Louisiana prisons. T…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Nexus Services, Inc.

5:21-cv-00016 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: Feb. 22, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case relates to Nexus Services, Inc.'s predatory consumer practices towards detainees in United States custody through one of its subsidiaries, Libre by Nexus (collectively "Nexus"). On February 22, 2021, The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB"), along with Virginia, Massachusetts, and New York (collectively "the States," and together with the CFPB, "the Plaintiffs"), filed this lawsuit in United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. It was assigned to Distri…
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 …
EDUCATION
Students and Parents for Privacy v. United States Department of Education

1:16-cv-04945 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 4, 2016

Closed Date: April 15, 2019

This is a case about whether cisgender students' privacy rights were violated by a public school district's policy of allowing transgender students to use the locker rooms and restrooms that align with their gender identities. Prior to this litigation, in 2013, a complaint was filed with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) alleging that Township High School District 211 was discriminating against a transgender student (Student A) on the basis of her sex by refusing u…
POLICING
Don't Shoot Portland v. City of Portland

3:20-cv-00917 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: June 5, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: On June 5, 2020, a non-profit corporation advocating for social and racial justice and individual citizens filed this class action suit for violations of their First and Fourth Amendment rights. The plaintiffs sought injunctive relief enjoining Portland police from using tear gas. On June 9, 2020 the court granted the temporary restraining order (“TRO”) and enjoined the defendants from using tear gas.  The TRO was expanded to include non-lethal weapons on June 26, 2020 . On Ju…