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CHILD WELFARE
Wyatt B. v. Brown

6:19-cv-00556 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: April 16, 2019

Case Ongoing

On April 16, 2019, ten children in the custody of the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) filed this putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. The plaintiffs sued the Governor of Oregon, the Director of the Oregon Department of Child Welfare, and ODHS, along with its director, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (42 U.S.C. § 12131(2)), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 USC § 794), the Adoption Assis…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc. v. Bentley

2:13-cv-00405 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: June 11, 2013

Closed Date: Aug. 5, 2016

This is a case challenging an abortion restriction in the state of Alabama. According to the plaintiffs, § 4(c) of Alabama HB 57, the “Women’s Health and Safety Act,” sought to restrict women’s access to abortion services in Alabama by imposing a medically unnecessary requirement that all physicians who perform abortions have staff privileges at a local hospital. Alabama had five licensed abortion clinics. Were it to go into effect, this law would effectively shut down three clinics in Montgome…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Githieya v. Global Tel*Link

1:15-cv-00986 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: April 3, 2015

Case Ongoing

This is a class-action lawsuit filed by incarcerated people in Georgia against the prison phone provider Global Tel*Link Corp. The plaintiffs alleged that Global Tel*Link (GTL) illegally took money from inactive accounts belonging to incarcerated people and their families in violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961, for wire fraud, the Federal Communications Act, and various state laws. Plaintiffs filed their lawsuit on April 3, 2015, represe…
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 …
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Karsjens v. Minnesota Department of Human Services

0:11-cv-03659 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2011

Case Ongoing

On December 21, 2011, patients civilly committed to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program filed this lawsuit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The plaintiffs sued the Minnesota Department of Health & Human Services (DHS) and the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Seeking injunctive and monetary relief, the plaintiffs alleged violations of the Fourteenth, First, and Fourth Amendments. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that recent amendmen…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
United States v. Virginia

3:12-cv-00059 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Jan. 26, 2012

Case Ongoing

On February 10, 2011, the United States Department of Justice (Civil Rights Division, Special Litigation Section) released a letter of findings detailing the results of its investigation into the institutionalization of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Virginia. The investigation focused specifically on the Central Virginia Training Center (CVTC), an intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities (ICF/DD), but also considered the statewide…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Dube v. Eagle USA Airfreight, Inc.

4:01-cv-00900 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 13, 2001

Closed Date: May 29, 2007

On May 12, 2000, several employees of Eagle Global Logistics filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Plaintiffs sued Eagle under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 2000e), the Equal Pay Act (29 U.S.C. § 206(d)), and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq). The plaintiffs, represented by a combination of public interest and private attorneys, sought declaratory and injunctive relief requiring Eagl…
NATIONAL SECURITY
United States v. Qazi

0:12-cr-60298 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Nov. 30, 2012

Closed Date: 2018

Two brothers, both naturalized U.S. citizens from Pakistan, were arrested while plotting to conduct a terrorist attack using a weapon of mass destruction in New York City in November 2012. They were indicted on two counts: (1) conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and (2) conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction. This case was assigned to Judge Robert N. Scola Jr. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. On December 6, 2012, the U.S. Department of J…
JAIL CONDITIONS
United States v. Erie County

1:09-cv-00849 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2009

Case Ongoing

On September 30, 2009, following a two year investigation, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the Western District of New York under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act of 1980 (CRIPA) against Erie County. The DOJ asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that confinement conditions at Erie County Holding Center (ECHC) and the Erie County Correction Facility (ECCF) violated the federal constitutional…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Keepseagle v. Vilsack

1:99-cv-03119 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 24, 1999

Closed Date: 2018

On November 24, 1999, Plaintiffs first filed this lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture ("USDA") in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Plaintiffs, Native American farmers who alleged they were victims of discriminatory lending practices by the USDA, brought suit under the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. §2201, and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15, U.S.C. §1691. Specifically, Plaintiffs claimed that the USDA's Farm Service Agency ("FSA") had failed to re…