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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Williams v. Quinn

1:05-cv-04673 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 15, 2005

Case Ongoing

On August 15, 2005, residents of an intermediate care facility (IMD) with mental illness filed a lawsuit under the Supreme Court's decision in Olmstead, the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act against various Illinois state officials in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and legal services, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that they were needlessly…
PUBLIC HOUSING
LA Alliance for Human Rights v. City of Los Angeles

2:20-cv-02291 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: March 10, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case is a follow-up to Mitchell v. City of Los Angeles, in which advocates for unhoused people successfully pushed the City of Los Angeles to limit its removal of property in encampments in the Skid Row area of the city. LA Alliance for Human Rights, a community group that primarily represents the interests of business owners, homeowners, and property renters, unsuccessfully attempted to intervene in Mitchell and brought this case after that settlement was reached. LA Alliance filed this a…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
McNeil v. Community Probation Services

1:18-cv-00033 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: April 23, 2018

Case Ongoing

On April 23, 2018, five residents of Tennessee filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. The plaintiffs sued the Tennessee Correctional Services, and two for-profit probation companies, Community Probation Services (CPS) and Progressive Sentencing, Inc. (PSI), all under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by the Civil Rights Corps and private counsel, sough…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections

3:14-cv-00852 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Dec. 22, 2014

Closed Date: Sept. 17, 2020

This case involved a constitutional challenge to Virginia's 2011 House of Delegates Redistricting Plan.   On December 22, 2014, 12 voters from 12 districts filed a lawsuit against the Virginia State Board of Elections and Virginia Department of Elections in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.  The case was considered by a three-judge panel, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 2284, comprised of Senior District Judge Robert E. Payne, District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee, and Circ…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Allen v. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

1:19-cv-08173 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 2, 2019

Case Ongoing

On September 2, 2019, 18 prisoners filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the New York Department of Corrections (NYDC) and a group of its doctors under 42 U.S.C § 1983 for violations of the Eighth Amendment. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sought damages, attorneys' fees, and an injunction against the defendants' practices and conditions for which this suit was brought. The plaintiffs also requested certification …
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Oregon Advocacy Center v. Mink

3:02-cv-00339 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: March 19, 2002

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon on March 19, 2002, by the Oregon Advocacy Center (“OAC”), representing criminal patients unable to stand trial due to mental illness; the Metropolitan Public Defender Services, Inc. (“MPD”); and a criminal patient who waited 23 days after being found unfit to stand trial before admittance to a proper mental health treatment facility. The plaintiffs sued the Oregon Department of Human Services (“DHS”) under the Protecti…
POLICING
Holden v. The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

1:17-cv-02192 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 27, 2017

Case Ongoing

On March 27, 2017, two men sued the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (Port Authority), Port Authority Police Department (Department), and Department officers alleging discriminatory false arrests in Port Authority Bus Terminal (Bus Terminal) bathrooms. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and was initially assigned to Magistrate Judge James C. Francis IV. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants falsely arrested the plaintiffs and other …
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Jackson Women's Health Organization v. Dobbs

3:18-cv-00171 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: March 19, 2018

Closed Date: Sept. 21, 2022

In this case challenging Mississippi House Bill 1510 (HB 1510), a state law that banned abortions after 15 weeks (months before viability), the Supreme Court on June 24, 2022, overruled Roe v. Wade, and held there is no constitutional protection for abortion rights.   On March 19, 2018, the Jackson Women's Health Organization, the last remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi, and Jackson Women's Health Organization's Medical Director filed the case, represented by the Center for Reproductive R…
POLICING
Blanchard v. City of Memphis

2:17-cv-02120 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Feb. 22, 2017

Case Ongoing

On February 22, 2017, four plaintiffs filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, against the City of Memphis, Tennessee for violating their First Amendment rights. The plaintiffs all found themselves on a “black list” created by the Memphis Police Department. They argued that the police department created the “black list,” which consisted of 81 individuals, by recording video protests of City Hall. The black list appeared to denote the individuals who the …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Novoa v. GEO Group

5:17-cv-02514 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2017

Case Ongoing

On December 19, 2017, an immigrant previously detained from 2012 through 2015 at the Adelanto Detention Center, a civil immigration detention facility, filed this putative class action in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiff sued GEO Group (GEO), a private company that owned and operated the Adelanto Facility for profit, under the Trafficking Victim Protection Act and California Minimum Wage Law. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, sought mone…