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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
State of Washington v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

4:19-cv-05210 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2019

Case Ongoing

This case is one of several brought nationwide by states, counties, and non-profit organizations challenging the Trump administration's revised, final public charge rule, which expands the types of programs that the federal government will consider in public charge determinations to now also include previously excluded health, nutrition, and housing programs. In the fall of 2019, district court judges from across the country granted preliminary injunctions enjoining the government from implemen…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hawaii v. Trump

1:17-cv-00050 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2017

Closed Date: Oct. 2, 2018

The below summary is a condensed version. The full summary can be found here on the Clearinghouse website. Hawaii Attorney General Douglas S. Chin filed this lawsuit on February 3, 2017 against President Trump’s Jan. 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO-1) barring legal immigrants, visitors, and refugees from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the US and barring Syrian refugees indefinitely. The State filed a concurrent complaint and motion for a temporary restraining order in the U.S. Distr…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Satchell v. Federal Express Corp.

3:03-cv-02659 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 6, 2003

Closed Date: 2012

On June 6, 2003, a group of African American and Latino employees filed this class action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, Cal. Gov. Code § 12900 et seq., against their employer, FedEx, in Alameda County Superior Court. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that FedEx discriminated against its African American and Latino employees. Specifically,…
POLICING
Hankin v. City of Seattle

2:00-cv-01672 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Oct. 2, 2000

Closed Date: 2007

The facts of this case are provided by a memorandum filed by the plaintiffs following their original complaint because the complaint filed on October 2, 2000 is unavailable. On October 2, 2000, five plaintiffs filed a class action complaint in the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs alleged that the Mayor of Seattle, the Police Chief of Seattle and the City of Seattle violated their first amendment rights to free speech and assembly by instituting mass arrests in response to protests…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Oster v. Wagner

4:09-cv-04668 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2009

Closed Date: 2014

On October 1, 2009, several disabled individuals requiring in-home support services filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the California Department of Health Care Services and California Department of Social Services. The plaintiffs claimed that the defendants' proposed budget cuts would threaten their ability to remain in the least restrictive settings appropriate, which would have violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Me…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Disability Law Center v. Massachusetts Department of Correction

1:07-cv-10463 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 8, 2007

Closed Date: 2017

On March 8, 2007, the Disability Law Center ("DLC") filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §12131, and § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. §794 against the Massachusetts Department of Correction ("DOC"). The DLC is the agency designated by the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, 42 U.S.C. §§10801 et seq. to pursue legal, administrative, and oth…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service, Inc. v. Caruso

5:05-cv-00128 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Sept. 14, 2005

Closed Date: 2011

On September 14, 2005, the Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service (MPAS) filed this complaint on behalf of youths aged 22 and younger with mental illnesses incarcerated in the Michigan Youth Correctional Facility (MYCF). The MYCF, a maximum security prison for adolescent males convicted as adults, was privately operated by GEO Group, Inc. In October of 2005, approximately two weeks after the complaint was filed, the MYCF facility was closed and all the incarcerated youths were moved to other …
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Ramirez v. Greenpoint Mortgage Funding, Inc.

3:08-cv-00369 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 18, 2008

Closed Date: 2011

On January 18, 2008, minority borrowers filed a class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Greenpoint Mortage Funding, Inc. ("Greenpoint"), under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act("ECOA"), the Fair Housing Act ("FHA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and 42 U.S.C. § 1982. The plaintiffs sought class certification, injunctive, equitable, and monetary relief, alleging Greenpoint's practices had a disparate impact on minority applicants for home mortgage lo…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Valenzuela v. County of Maricopa

2:08-cv-00660 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: April 4, 2008

On April 4, 2008, immigrant detainees in Maricopa County filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona against the County of Maricopa and head staff. The plaintiffs claimed that the Count of Maricopa violated the plaintiffs' rights under the Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU and MALDEF, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, requesting an immed…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Ramirez v. Cintas Corporation

3:04-cv-00281 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2004

On January 20, 2004, Cintas Corporation employees filed a lawsuit against Cintas under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq., the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, and the California Unfair Business Practices Act, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs, represented initially by private counsel, asked the Court for declaratory, equitable, and compensatory relief, claiming that Cintas…