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PRISON CONDITIONS
Brown v. Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

1:16-cv-00945 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 30, 2016

Closed Date: June 6, 2019

Nine current and former inmates at Roxbury Correctional Institute who are blind brought a discrimination lawsuit against the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. One individual inmate filed his complaint on March 30, 2016, and five days later this case was consolidated with eight other cases. The plaintiffs, represented by the National Federation of the Blind and Prisoner Rights Information System of Maryland, alleged t…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Harvey v. Schoen

3:72-cv-00073 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: March 8, 1972

Closed Date: 1999

In 1972, a class of incarcerated and former inmates at the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Stillwater filed a lawsuit against the Minnesota Department of Corrections. The complaint alleged that disciplinary rules and regulations at the prison violated their rights under the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments and federal and state statutes. The plaintiffs were represented by private counsel. The parties entered into an agreement regarding disciplinary policies. Judge Phillip …
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Hill v. Snyder

2:10-cv-14568 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Nov. 17, 2010

Closed Date: Nov. 17, 2020

This is a lawsuit challenging mandatory life sentences without parole for juveniles in Michigan.On November 17, 2010, juvenile prisoners filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the State of Michigan, challenging the state law that prohibited the Michigan Parole Board from considering for parole juveniles who were sentenced to life in prison without parole for first-degree murder. The plaintiffs, represented by counsel from the American…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Concerned Pastors for Social Action v. Khouri

2:16-cv-10277 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Jan. 27, 2016

Case Ongoing

On January 27, 2016, Concerned Pastors for Social Action filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs sued the state of Michigan and the city of Flint under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. §300j-8(a). The plaintiffs, represented by counsel from the ACLU, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and private counsel, sought declaratory and injunctive relief. Specifically, the plaintiffs requested that the court: (1) declare the de…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Gammett v. Idaho State Board of Corrections

1:05-cv-00257 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: June 30, 2005

Closed Date: 2009

On June 30, 2005, a transgender inmate filed suit against the Idaho State Board of Corrections in the District Court for Idaho for failing to diagnose and provide treatment for her Gender Dysphoria (formerly known as Gender Identity Disorder and discussed as such in this case). Plaintiff, who was represented by National Center for Lesbian Rights and private attorneys, alleged that defendants were deliberately indifferent to her serious mental health condition in violation of the Eighth and Four…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Sharr v. NCS Pearson, Inc.

3:02-cv-01513 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Nov. 7, 2002

Closed Date: 2006

The plaintiffs in this case were former employees of Huntleigh USA Corporation who worked as screeners at Portland International Airport and were not retained as employees when airport screeners became federal employees. They filed suit individually and as a putative class on November 2, 2002, against NCS Pearson, Inc. and the Department of Transportation in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Nothing in the record indicates that the suit was ever certified as a class action, bu…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Texas v. United States

1:11-cv-01303 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 19, 2011

Closed Date: April 4, 2017

On July 19, 2011, the state of Texas filed suit against the United States in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. The state asked for a declaratory judgment, alleging that the Department of Justice inappropriately declared Texas's new districting plan to be retrogressive (that is, discriminatory, because it diluted minority voting power). Arguments focused primarily on the demographics of the state of Texas and its new districting map. O…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Miller v. Davis

0:15-cv-00044 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: July 2, 2015

Case Ongoing

On July 2, 2015, plaintiffs -- two same sex couples -- filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU of Kentucky, asked the court for both injunctive and declaratory relief, alleging that Davis's refusal to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples violated their rights under the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses and the Firs…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Adkins v. Morgan Stanley

1:12-cv-07667 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 15, 2012

Closed Date: 2017

On October 15, 2012, five black Detroit residents and Michigan Legal Services filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Morgan Stanley under the Fair Housing Act (FHA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601 et seq., the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), 15 U.S.C. § 1691, and state law. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU, the National Consumer Law Center, and private counsel, asked the court for injunctive relief, declaratory relief, damages, a…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Rust v. Western State Hospital

3:00-cv-05749 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Dec. 20, 2000

Closed Date: Oct. 17, 2004

On December 20, 2000, individuals with mental illnesses confined at the Center for Forensic Services (CFS) at Western State Hospital (WSH) filed a class action lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act against various hospital and state officials in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Plaintiffs, represented by Disability Rights Washington, asked the court for injunctive relief to protect them from harm. Specifically, Plaintiffs claimed that Defend…