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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Dimaio v. Democratic National Committee

8:07-cv-01552 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2007

Closed Date: April 8, 2008

This is a case about a registered voter's issue with the Democratic National Convention's decision to eliminate the number of delegates that the state of Florida had to the national convention unless the Florida Democratic Party modified the date of its primary elections to comply with the Democratic National Convention's rules. On August 30, 2007, a registered Democratic voter in the state of Florida filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in the Middle District of Florida. The plaintiff…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Access Center for Independent Living v. WP Glimcher, Inc.

3:15-cv-00444 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Dec. 15, 2015

Closed Date: Oct. 11, 2018

In this case, individuals with disabilities alleged the move of a fixed bus route stop and the limiting of the bus routes that can utilize the bus stop denied plaintiffs and similarly situated individuals with disabilities the full and equal enjoyment of a local mall in Dayton, Ohio. On December 15, 2015, several individuals with disabilities, the Access Center for Independent Living, and National Federation of the Blind of Ohio filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
State Of Texas v. United States Department of Homeland Security

6:24-cv-00306 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 23, 2024

Case Ongoing

In this case, a federal court permanently vacated the Biden Administration's policy that made it easier for some undocumented people to receive parole and green cards if they were the spouse or step-child of a U.S. citizen. This lawsuit was filed by 16 states on August 23, 2024 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The states sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), as well as the DHS Secretary, the Director …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Palast v. Kemp

1:18-cv-04809 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Oct. 17, 2018

Closed Date: Oct. 13, 2020

This is a case challenging Georgia's voter registration system that allegedly disproportionately flagged people of color. On October 17, 2018, two civil rights activists filed suit against the Georgia Secretary of State, alleging violations of the National Voter Registration Act. The plaintiffs alleged that the Secretary of State violated provisions of the law mandating that records regarding how voter lists are maintained and purged be retained for at least 2 years and be accessible to the pub…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Holloway v. City of Virginia Beach

2:18-cv-00069 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2018

Closed Date: Nov. 27, 2023

On November 20, 2017, Plaintiff Latasha Holloway submitted an application to proceed in forma pauperis ("IFP") and a proposed complaint in the Richmond Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.  In the proposed complaint, Plaintiff alleged that the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia's at-large election of its City Council violated the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handi…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Tiede v. Collier

1:23-cv-01004 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 24, 2023

Case Ongoing

This is a lawsuit alleging dangerous conditions in Texas prisons due to excessive heat. On August 21, 2024, a 65-year-old man with chronic health conditions incarcerated in a Texas prison filed this suit against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), alleging that his health had been endangered and he had suffered heat-related symptoms resulting in a stroke after the temperature of his cell reached nearly 120 degrees Fahrenheit. The stroke left the plaintiff with permanent facial disf…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
The Libertarian Party of Kentucky v. Grimes

3:15-cv-00086 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: April 12, 2015

Closed Date: May 16, 2017

This case alleged that the Libertarian and Constitution Parties should be classified as political parties, not political groups, for the purposes of elections.  On December 11, 2015, plaintiffs - the Libertarian Party of Kentucky, the Libertarian National Committee, the Constitution Party of Kentucky, and Ken Moellman, Jr., an individual voter and former Libertarian Party candidate for Kentucky state office – brought an action against Kentucky's Secretary of State, state's attorney general, and…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Rose v. The Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago

1:15-cv-00382 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Feb. 25, 2015

Closed Date: April 1, 2016

This is a case alleging that a candidate should be placed on the ballot for a local election in Chicago. On January 15, 2015, an individual resident of Chicago sued the State of Illinois and the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners after they refused to place his name on the ballot for a local election in 2015. Plaintiff brought suit in the Northern District of Illinois. Plaintiff alleged that he met the required number of signatures but was not placed on the ballot, which plaintiff alleged …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Arizona Democratic Party v. Arizona Republican Party

2:16-cv-03752 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Oct. 21, 2016

Closed Date: Nov. 9, 2016

This is a case about alleged voter intimidation in Arizona during the 2016 Presidential election.  On October 31, 2026, after alleged reports of voter intimidation in anticipation of the 2016 presidential election, the Arizona Democratic Party initiated the present suit in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona against Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., the Arizona Republican Party, Roger J. Stone, Jr., and Stop the Steal, Inc., seeking injunctive relief for violations o…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
LeBlanc v. Mathena

2:12-cv-00340 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: June 19, 2012

Closed Date: April 24, 2018

On June 19, 2012, a prisoner incarcerated at the Red Onion State Prison in Pound, Virginia, petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel and Equal Justice Initiative, sought relief from his sentence under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The plaintiff claimed that denial of relief by the Virginia courts ran contrary to federal law clearly established by Su…