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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Thomas v. Hosemann

2:08-cv-00241 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Nov. 3, 2008

Closed Date: Dec. 17, 2008

This case was brought by electors of ten different states seeking to investigate whether all candidates for 2008 election of the President and Vice-President of the United States qualified as “Natural Born” citizens under Article II of the Constitution in the 2008 election.   On November 3, 2008, the plaintiffs sued the Mississippi Secretary of State in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs asked for a declarato…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Committee For A Fair And Balanced Map v. Illinois State Board of Elections

1:11-cv-05065 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 27, 2011

Closed Date: Dec. 15, 2011

This was a challenge to the congressional redistricting plan adopted by the State of Illinois after the 2010 census (the “Adopted Map”). Plaintiffs were an organization called the Committee for a Fair and Balanced Map (a not for profit organization created by Illinois citizens concerned about the congressional redistricting process in Illinois), ten incumbent Republican members, ten incumbent Republican members of Congress, and six registered voters (including some who identify themselves as La…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Detroit Free Press Inc. v. Ashcroft

2:02-cv-70339 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2002

Closed Date: Nov. 25, 2003

On January 28, 2002, the Michigan newspaper the Detroit Free Press filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiff sued the U.S. Attorney General, the Chief Immigration Judge of the U.S., and an additional immigration judge. Represented by private counsel, the Free Press alleged that the government had violated its First Amendment rights by preventing it from accessing an immigration proceeding in Detroit, Michigan involving an Ann Arbor, Michig…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hamama v. Adducci

2:17-cv-11910 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 15, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case concerns a habeas petition and the due process rights of detained Iraqi Americans facing deportation to Iraq. Petitioners in this class action/habeas petition were Iraqi nationals, including many Chaldean Christians, who had resided in the United States for many years. They had been subject to final orders of removal for years, but the U.S. government permitted them to reside in the community under orders of supervision. After the Trump Administration negotiated with Iraq in early 201…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
White v. Clegg

2:19-cv-00913 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: May 21, 2019

Closed Date: Sept. 24, 2019

On May 21, 2019, plaintiff, a registered voter in San Joaquin County, filed an action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California against the city of Stockton, the city clerk, the registrar of voters, and California Secretary of State Alex Padilla in their official government capacity. Plaintiff alleged that defendants failed to comply with the National Voter Registration Act by failing to maintain current voter records. Plaintiff requested an order requiring defendants to…
POLICING
J. v. City and County of San Francisco

3:23-cv-06524 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2023

Case Ongoing

This is a class action lawsuit brought against the City and County of San Francisco for the police department’s unlawful arrest and mistreatment of over 100 children and young adults. On December 19, 2023, four teenagers filed suit on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated against the City and County of San Francisco and named defendants in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The youth and their families sued the City and County of San Francisco and …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Moore v. Martin

4:14-cv-00065 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: Feb. 6, 2014

Closed Date: Aug. 2, 2019

This case challenged the constitutionality of Arkansas’ statutory ballot access requirements for independent candidates.  On February 6, 2014, three registered voters and potential independent candidates for the 2014 Arkansas general election filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Plaintiffs sued the Secretary of State of Arkansas in his official capacity under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private counsel, Plaintiffs sought a declaratory judgment…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Griffith v. New York State

5:20-cv-01312 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 22, 2020

Case Ongoing

This pro se case was ultimately dismissed on the magistrate’s recommendation finding that the confused amended complaint failed to state a cause of action, and was indeed frequently incomprehensible.  For this reason it is likely of little import.  Interpolating from the confused language, the case is arguably about tenants’ ability to vote when a census error with their address purportedly caused to be entered by their Landlord could potentially interfere with voting eligibility, but the rulin…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Madrigal v. The County of Monterey

5:06-cv-01407 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 24, 2006

Closed Date: April 24, 2008

This case is about whether English-only, citizen-sponsored petitions and materials, which were approved by Monterey County, California for inclusion on local election ballots, were unlawful under the language requirements of Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act. The Initiative Cases A group of citizens in Monterey County (the “County”) circulated an initiative petition (the “Initiative”) which, if passed, would have presented for voter consideration an amendment of certain zoning and land devel…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
DiMaio v. Democratic National Committee

8:08-cv-00672 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: April 8, 2008

Closed Date: March 5, 2009

This case involved allegations that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) violated the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 200d et seq., by ruling, prior to the 2008 presidential primaries, that all but four states were prohibited from holding their primaries or caucuses before February 5, 2008 and that Florida’s delegates would not be seated at its convention because Florida violated the DNC's scheduling rule. On April 8, 2008, a…