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39 cases, 41 documents
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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
L.R. (Lucas R.) v. Azar

2:18-cv-05741 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 29, 2018

Case Ongoing

This class action suit, filed on June 29, 2018, sought to enjoin the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), of which ORR is a component part, from causing grave harm to migrant and asylum-seeking children in its care. 2018 WL 3209193. The plaintiffs--represented by the Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law, National Center for Youth Law, the Immigration Law Clinic at the UC Davis Law School, and private counsel--were members of th…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Missouri v. Biden

3:22-cv-01213 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: May 5, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case concerns communication between U.S. officials and technology companies and allegations that numerous federal officials coerced social-media platforms into censoring certain social media content in violation of the First Amendment. Plaintiffs Missouri, Louisiana, and five private persons claimed that Defendants suppressed conservative-leaning free speech. On May 5, 2022, Plaintiffs, represented by Attorney Generals of Missouri and Louisiana, New Civil Liberties Alliance and private cou…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Lee v. Virginia State Board of Elections

3:15-cv-00357 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: June 11, 2015

Closed Date: Dec. 13, 2016

This case challenged the legality of Virginia's voter identification law. On June 11, 2015, an African American Democrat voter who resided in Virginia, a Latino Democrat voter who resided in Virginia, and the Democratic Party of Virginia filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division. Plaintiffs sued the Virginia State Board of Elections and the Virginia Department of Elections under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the First Am…
PUBLIC HOUSING
Sanders v. HUD

2:88-cv-01261 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: June 3, 1988

Closed Date: Jan. 28, 2005

In 1988, public housing residents and applicants filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Allegheny County, the Allegheny County Housing Authority (ACHA), and the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County (“RAAC”).  The plaintiffs were represented by attorneys from the Neighborhood Legal Services Association of Pittsburgh and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Und…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Iglesias v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

3:19-CV-00415 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 12, 2019

Case Ongoing

In this case, a transgender person incarcerated in the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) sought gender-affirming health care and placement in a women's prison. The plaintiff, who was assigned male at birth, filed a pro se complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois on April 12, 2019. The case was assigned to District Judge J. Phil Gilbert. In her complaint, she brought numerous legal claims against BOP officials centered around the agency's failure to provide her wi…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc. v. Bentley

2:13-cv-00405 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: June 11, 2013

Closed Date: Aug. 5, 2016

This is a case challenging an abortion restriction in the state of Alabama. According to the plaintiffs, § 4(c) of Alabama HB 57, the “Women’s Health and Safety Act,” sought to restrict women’s access to abortion services in Alabama by imposing a medically unnecessary requirement that all physicians who perform abortions have staff privileges at a local hospital. Alabama had five licensed abortion clinics. Were it to go into effect, this law would effectively shut down three clinics in Montgome…
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
Saravia v. Sessions

3:17-cv-03615 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 22, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case, filed on June 22, 2017, was brought by a parent on behalf of her minor child for wrongful incarceration by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The complaint alleged that the child, A.H., was released into the plaintiff's custody but that a few years later, ICE arrested and detained him without cause. Represented by the ACLU of Northern California, the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project, and the private law firm Cooley LLP, the plaintiff argued that the government violated th…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Waid v. Snyder (In re Flint Water Cases)

5:16-cv-10444 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2016

Case Ongoing

This entry describes the consolidated federal class action lawsuits arising out of the Flint water crisis. Background Flint, Michigan historically purchased safe drinking water from Detroit. But in 2014, Flint began to draw water from the Flint River. The Flint River's water was corrosive, but Flint did not properly treat it. The water corroded pipes, causing lead and other toxic substances to leach into Flint's water supply. As a result, many Flint residents were exposed to contaminated water …
POLICING
Becker v. District of Columbia

1:01-cv-00811 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 13, 2001

Closed Date: July 15, 2010

This class-action litigation arose out of the April 15, 2000, mass arrest of more than 670 people protesting upcoming World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings by Washington, D.C., and federal law enforcement. The original complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on April 13, 2001, by 33 named plaintiffs, including individuals and organizations (the number of named plaintiffs shrunk to 14 by the time the court approved the settlement in the case in J…