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PRISON CONDITIONS
Casey v. Lewis

2:90-cv-00054 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Jan. 12, 1990

Closed Date: May 22, 2000

This is a Section 1983 case brought in federal district court for the District of Arizona (Judge Roger Strand) by prisoners. The plaintiffs, represented by the National Prison Project of the ACLU, filed the class action complaint on January 12, 1990. The complaint named as plaintiffs all current and future adults, male and female, in the custody of the Arizona Department of Corrections. The defendants were officials of the Arizona Department of Corrections. The primary allegations of the co…
CHILD WELFARE
Marisol A. v. Giuliani

1:95-cv-10533 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 13, 1995

Closed Date: Aug. 6, 2018

This federal class action was brought by children in the custody of the New York City Child Welfare Administration ("CWA"), and children who, while not in the custody of CWA, are or will be at risk of abuse or neglect and whose status is known or should be known to CWA. It was filed on December 13, 1995 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs, represented by Children's Rights Inc., Lawyers for Children, and private counsel, sought class certification, …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Adams & Boyle v. Slatery

3:15-cv-00705 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: June 25, 2015

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary In light of COVID-19, the Governor of Tennessee issued an executive order limiting "non-emergency" health care procedures, including all abortions except for medication abortion. The plaintiffs supplemented their complaint to address the order. The district court enjoined the defendants from enforcing the order on April 17, 2020, and the Sixth Circuit affirmed the injunction on April 24. However, on January 25, 2021, the Supreme Court vacated the injunction as moot. Challenge …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Ajaj v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

1:15-cv-00992 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: May 11, 2015

Case Ongoing

On May 11, 2015, a Muslim prisoner filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. The plaintiff sued the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) and the Warden of Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Security Prison (“ADX”), where the plaintiff was incarcerated. Represented by the Civil Rights Clinic of the University of Denver-Sturm College of Law, the plaintiff brought his claims under Bivens and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (“RFRA”). He alleged…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Whitford v. Gill

3:15-cv-00421 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: July 8, 2015

Closed Date: Aug. 22, 2019

On July 8, 2015, 12 registered Democratic voters in Wisconsin filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. The plaintiffs sued the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988, claiming violations of their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Represented by the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and by private counsel, the plaintiffs sought a declaration that the districting plan created by Wisconsin Ac…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Methelus v. School Board of Collier County, Florida

2:16-cv-00379 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: May 18, 2016

On May 18, 2016, a group of parents and guardians of noncitizen children who had recently arrived in the United States filed this class action suit against the School Board of Collier County, Florida and the Superintendent of the Collier County Public Schools. The claim was filed in the U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida. In September 2016, the United States issued a Statement of Interest in support of the plaintiffs' claim.The litigation arose out of the defendants' implementation …
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Bell v. City of Boise

1:09-cv-00540 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Oct. 22, 2009

Case Ongoing

On October 22, 2009, homeless individuals represented by Idaho Legal Services and the National Center on Homelessness and Poverty filed this complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho against the City of Boise. The plaintiffs had been cited under a pair of Boise municipal ordinances that made it illegal to sleep or camp in public parks and other public areas, despite the lack of available beds at the city's shelters. The complaint alleged that criminalizing homelessness in t…
CHILD WELFARE
Clark K. v. Guinn

2:06-cv-01068 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2006

Closed Date: 2009

On August 30, 2006, a group of ten children in the Nevada foster system, seeking class action certification for all children in or at risk of entering the Clark County, NV foster system, filed this class-action lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. The plaintiffs filed under 42 U.S.C. 1983, the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (AACWA), the Child the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), the Medicaid Act, and state law. The plaintiffs sued a num…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Samuel v. Signal International, LLC

1:13-cv-00323 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 21, 2013

Case Ongoing

This case is part of the series of Signal International cases. It is stayed during defendant's bankruptcy and settlement proceedings.On May 21, 2013, 17 Indian guestworkers filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas for harm suffered as a result of an allegedly fraudulent and coercive employment recruitment scheme. Plaintiffs filed this suit after District Judge Jay Zainey denied class certification on Jan. 3, 2012, in a related case, David v. Signal Internatio…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Easterling v. Connecticut Department of Corrections

3:08-cv-00826 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: May 30, 2008

Closed Date: 2013

On May 30, 2008, plaintiff, represented by private counsel and the Public Citizen Litigation Group, filed a class action complaint in the United States District Court of Connecticut alleging a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000(e) et seq. The proposed class consisted of all female applicants for the position of Correction Officer at the State of Connecticut Department of Correction who participated in the Correction Officer selection process and failed onl…