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PRISON CONDITIONS
Human Rights Defense Center v. Inch

9:21-cv-81391 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Aug. 10, 2021

Closed Date: March 31, 2023

The Human Rights Defense Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting human rights in U.S. detention facilities, filed this lawsuit on August 10, 2021. The plaintiff filed suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida against the Florida Department of Corrections (Department of Corrections) and the warden of the Everglades Correctional Institution (Everglades). The presiding judge was Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks. The plaintiff alleged that Departmen…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Law Center v. North Star Behavioral Health System

3:07-cv-00062 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: April 26, 2007

Closed Date: Aug. 15, 2008

This is a case about a protection and advocacy agency’s peer review records access authority. On April 26, 2007, Disability Law Center Alaska (DLC Alaska) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska against North Star Behavioral Health System (North Star), which operated an acute care facility. DLC Alaska alleged that North Star violated the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act (PAIMI Act) when they refused to provide them with internal in…
NATIONAL SECURITY
United States v. Muhtorov

1:12-cr-00033 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Jan. 19, 2012

Closed Date: Oct. 3, 2022

Introduction & Importance of this Case In early 2012, the federal government initiated criminal prosecution of Jamshid Muhtorov (January 19) and Bakhityor Jumaev (March 14) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Both defendants were charged with providing, conspiring to provide, and attempting to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization, in violation of Title 18, U.S.C. § 2339B. Defendants were represented by the Federal Public Defender (Muhto…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Hawaii Disability Rights Center v. Cheung

1:06-cv-00605 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 2006

Closed Date: June 15, 2009

This is a case about a protection and advocacy (P&A) agency’s records access authority and private right of action to enforce its statutory authority. On November 9, 2006, Hawaii Disability Rights Center (Hawaii DRC) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii against Susanna F. Cheung in her official capacity as director of a Hawaii corporation providing support and residential services to individuals with disabilities. Represented by itself, Hawaii DRC alleged tha…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Law Center v. Reil

1:00-cv-10789 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 25, 2000

Closed Date: Feb. 5, 2001

This is a case about a protection and advocacy (P&A) agency’s records access authority where an individual’s guardian does not consent to the P&A accessing the records in question. On April 25, 2000, Disability Law Center (DLC), Massachusetts’s P&A, filed this lawsuit against Emma Riel and Gerald J. Morrissey in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation (DMR) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Defendant Emma Riel is th…
POLICING
United States v. City of Seattle

2:12-cv-01282 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 27, 2012

Case Ongoing

On March 31, 2011, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) opened an investigation of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (then codified at 42 U.S.C. § 14141; then recodified to 34 U.S.C. § 12601), the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Following a comprehensive investigation, on December 16, 2011, the DOJ announced its findings that SPD …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Seaman v. The Commonwealth of Virginia

3:22-cv-00006 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: Feb. 1, 2022

Closed Date: Dec. 16, 2022

This suit was filed in the Charlottesville Division of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia on February 1, 2022. The plaintiffs, a group of parents representing their children, brought this action against the Commonwealth of Virginia, Governor Glenn Youngkin, the Virginia attorney general, the Virginia superintendent of public instruction, and the acting Virginia health commissioner. They argued that Governor Youngkin's signing of Executive Order 2, which prevented state…
POLICING
Overbey v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore

1:17-cv-01793 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: June 29, 2017

Closed Date: July 19, 2021

On June 29, 2017, the Baltimore Brew (a media organization) and an individual who had previously settled a suit against the Baltimore Police filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. They sued the City of Baltimore and its police under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. Represented by the ACLU of Maryland and private counsel, the plaintiffs sought an injunction, declaratory relief, and damages, claiming that the City’s use of gag orders in police brutality settlem…
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…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Democracy North Carolina v. North Carolina Board of Elections

1:20-cv-00457 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: May 22, 2020

Closed Date: March 28, 2023

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for more current information, see their tracker. COVID-19 Summary: This suit was filed on May 22, 2020, by two non-profit organizations and six individual plaintiffs against the state of North Carolina to challenge various election laws in light of COVID-19. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief. No outcome yet. On May 22, 2020, Democracy North Carolina, the League of Wom…