Search for:
clear search

Docket Number

Key Dates

Filing Date

Settlement / Judgment Date

Terminating Date

Plaintiffs

Defendants

Case Details

Outcome

Issues

MORE▾

Document Details

Document Filing Date

MORE▾

Document Citations

Citation 1

Citation 2

Citation 3

Search for:
28 cases, 28 documents
Ordered by
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 …
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Saleh v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

1:05-cv-02467 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Dec. 7, 2005

Closed Date: July 31, 2012

This is a case challenging the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policies towards certain incarcerated Arab-Muslim men immediately in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. On December 7, 2005, the plaintiff brought this suit, pro se, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. He sued the U.S. Attorney General and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The plaintiff sought injunctive and declaratory relief to be transferred back to general population prison after he was placed i…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Ackerman v. Washington

4:13-cv-14137 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Sept. 27, 2013

Case Ongoing

This case concerns a Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) policy enacted in 2013 that replaced all previously offered religious diets with a vegan one. On September 27, 2013, three Orthodox Jewish men who were incarcerated at Central Michigan Correctional Facility filed this lawsuit pro se against MDOC’s Director, Special Activities Coordinator, and Food Service Director in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They sought declaratory and inju…
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

Petitioners in this class action/habeas petition are Iraqi nationals—many, perhaps most, Chaldean Christian—who have resided in the United States for many years. They have 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. In early 2017, political negotiation by the Trump administration with Iraq (related to Iraq's desire to be taken off the Trump Executive Order travel-ban list) led to Iraq’s agreeme…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Harvey v. Schoen

3:72-cv-00073 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: March 8, 1972

Closed Date: 1999

In 1972, a class of incarcerated and former inmates at the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Stillwater filed a lawsuit against the Minnesota Department of Corrections. The complaint alleged that disciplinary rules and regulations at the prison violated their rights under the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments and federal and state statutes. The plaintiffs were represented by private counsel. The parties entered into an agreement regarding disciplinary policies. Judge Phillip …
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…
PRISON CONDITIONS
James v. Global TelLink Corp.

2:13-cv-04989 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Aug. 20, 2013

Closed Date: Oct. 10, 2020

This is a case about the unfair business practices of Global Tel*Link, a private company with a state granted monopoly on telephone services in New Jersey's prison systems. On August 20, 2013 the plaintiffs, people incarcerated in New Jersey prisons and people who created accounts with Global Tel*Link to receive calls from New Jersey prisoners, filed this class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, where it was assigned to United States District Judg…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Ault v. Walt Disney World Co.

6:07-cv-01785 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 2007

Closed Date: 2013

On November 9, 2007, three named plaintiffs with mobility impairments limiting their ability to walk filed this class action against Walt Disney World. They requested certification of a class of individuals who 1) suffered from a mobility disability, 2) relied upon a Segway PT for assistance with their mobility, and 3) had visited or intended to visit a Disney theme park. They brought suit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, alleging that Disney’s policy agai…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
U.S. v. Tennessee

2:92-cv-02062 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Jan. 21, 1992

Closed Date: 2015

In December of 1990, the United States Department of Justice, pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997 et al, investigated the Arlington Developmental Center (ADC) in Tennessee. The investigation revealed that conditions in the facility seriously threatened the health and safety of its developmentally delayed residents. The Department of Justice found that residents were subject to abuse and neglect, inadequate medical care, an unsafe physical en…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
People First of Alabama v. Merrill

2:20-cv-00619 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 1, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 16, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This lawsuit was filed by Alabama voters to temporarily enjoin Alabama’s voting law provisions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The plaintiffs challenged the witness and photo ID requirement, requiring absentee voters to obtain witness or notary signatures, and submit a photocopy of their ID with their ballot. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief to enjoin enforcement of the Witness and ID requirement and to allow curbside voting during the primary, municipal, …