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POLICING
United States v. City of New Orleans

2:12-cv-01924 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: July 24, 2012

Case Ongoing

In 2010, New Orleans Mayor Mitchell Landrieu invited the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to review civil rights issues at the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), and propose any necessary reforms. The DOJ opened the requested investigation on May 15, 2010, pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Following a comprehensive investigation, on March 17, 2011, the DO…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Dockery v. Epps

3:13-cv-00326 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: May 30, 2013

Case Ongoing

On May 30, 2013, prisoners in the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF) filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. The plaintiffs sued the Mississippi Department of Corrections commissioner, deputy commissioner, and chief medical officer in their official capacities under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by attorneys from the ACLU National Prison Project and the Southern Poverty Law Center, asked the court for declar…
EDUCATION
L.V. v. Department of Education

1:03-cv-09917 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2003

Case Ongoing

On December 12, 2003, several New York City public school students with disabilities brought this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Plaintiffs filed under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA"), the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794 ("Section 504"), and New York State Education Law §§ 4401. The action was brought against the New York City Department o…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Stinnie v. Holcomb

3:16-cv-00044 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 6, 2016

Case Ongoing

On July 6, 2016, indigent Virginia residents brought this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia after suffering indefinite suspension of their driver's licenses pursuant to Virginia Code § 46.2-395 for failure to pay court costs and fines that they could not afford. The plaintiffs sued the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private attorneys, the plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive reli…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Iglesias v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

3:19-CV-00415 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 12, 2019

Case Ongoing

In this case, a transgender person incarcerated in the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) sought gender-affirming health care and placement in a women's prison. The plaintiff, who was assigned male at birth, filed a pro se complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois on April 12, 2019. The case was assigned to District Judge J. Phil Gilbert. In her complaint, she brought numerous legal claims against BOP officials centered around the agency's failure to provide her wi…
PUBLIC HOUSING
Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority

1:66-cv-01459 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 1966

Case Ongoing

Filed in 1966 and still ongoing as of 2022, this is one of the most significant housing desegregation cases ever, leading to the nation's first desegregative housing mobility voucher program. In collaboration with BPI, the Chicago public interest organization that has for decades represented the plaintiffs in this case, the Clearinghouse has acquired and posted the full litigation record—over 2100 documents, all told.  About 230 "core" documents are set to display here; if you click on "show mo…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Mt. Holly Gardens Citizens in Action v. Township of Mount Holly

1:08-cv-02584 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: May 5, 2008

On May 5, 2008, an association of residents of a New Jersey neighborhood filled a lawsuit under the Fair Housing Act and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The residents, represented by lawyers from South Jersey Legal Services, asked the court for declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief, claiming that the defendants' redevelopment plan for the Gardens neighborhood represented a violation of the Fair Housing Act and of the Equal Protection Clauses of…
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…
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
United States v. Lincoln Parish School Board

3:66-cv-12071 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: June 8, 1966

Case Ongoing

On June 8, 1966, the United States Department of Justice filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. The Department of Justice sued to enjoin the operation of a dual school system in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. This lengthy case involves a number of appeals and consolidations with other school desegregation cases proceeding in parallel in the Western District of Louisiana. Obtaining a Consent DecreeOn July 28, 1966, the defendants’ counsel admitted that Linc…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Valentine v. Collier

4:20-cv-01115 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 30, 2020

Closed Date: April 19, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action lawsuit brought by prisoners at a geriatric prison run by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The plaintiffs alleged violations of their Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights, as well as violations of the ADA and Rehabilitation Act by failing to make reasonable accommodations to protect the plaintiffs from COVID-19. They won a district court order requiring compliance with CDC recommendations, but the Fifth Circuit vacated the preliminary injuncti…