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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Kadel v. Folwell

1:19-cv-00272 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: March 11, 2019

Case Ongoing

Plaintiffs in this case challenged the State Health Plan's refusal to cover medically necessary gender affirming care. On March 11, 2019, seven private plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves or their dependents, (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), represented by Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, and private counsel, sued the State Treasurer of North Carolina, the Executive Administrator of the North Carolina State Health Plan for Teachers and State Em…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Casilao v. Hotelmacher LLC

5:17-cv-00800 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: July 26, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the legality of a scheme to recruit Filipino nationals to work in the United States under an H-2B visa. On July 26, 2017, three Filipino nationals recruited to work in the United States filed a class-action lawsuit against the owners of Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) operating various hospitality, restaurant, and entertainment venues in Oklahoma. Plaintiffs were represented by the ACLU of Oklahoma, Legal Aid, and the Equal Justice Center. The suit was filed in the Unite…
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…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Orange County Catholic Worker v. Orange County

8:18-cv-00155 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 29, 2018

Case Ongoing

This case was about the criminalization of homelessness and the lack of adequate shelter in Orange County, California. On January 29, 2018, the Orange County Catholic Worker, along with several homeless individuals, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California – Southern Division. The plaintiffs sued Orange County and the cities of Anaheim, Costa Mesa, and Orange under the federal civil rights law, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which addresses violations of con…
EDUCATION
Biediger v. Quinnipiac University

3:09-cv-00621 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: April 16, 2009

Case Ongoing

In March 2009, Quinnipiac University announced plans to cut its women's volleyball team, men's golf team, and men's outdoor track team. At the same time, the University pledged to create a new varsity sport, competitive cheerleading, for the 2009-10 season. In response, five current Quinnipiac women's varsity volleyball players and their coach filed this putative class action lawsuit against Quinnipiac in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut on April 16, 2009. They were repre…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
League of Women Voters v. Johnson

2:17-cv-14148 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Dec. 27, 2017

Closed Date: Nov. 22, 2019

On December 22, 2017, the League of Women Voters of Michigan and eleven individual plaintiffs sued Ruth Johnson in her official capacity as Michigan Secretary of State in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division.  Plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that the congressional and legislative districting plan adopted by the Michigan Legislature in 2011 violated Plaintiffs’ rights under the First Amendment and the Equal Protect…
POLICING
Pottinger v. City of Miami

1:88-cv-02406 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Dec. 23, 1988

Closed Date: Oct. 1, 2020

This case partially predates PACER. Therefore, access to documents related to this case is limited. On 12/23/1988, the plaintiff, as representative of a class of homeless persons, filed this § 1983 lawsuit against the City of Miami in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The plaintiffs' complaint alleged that the City’s police department had “a custom, practice and policy of arresting, harassing and otherwise interfering with homeless people for engaging in basic activi…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Crawford v. Uber Technologies, Inc.

3:17-cv-02664 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 9, 2017

Case Ongoing

On May 9, 2017, two individuals from Jackson, Mississippi who use electric wheelchairs to travel filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Uber Technologies, Inc and its subsidiary, Rasier LLC (Collectively, “Uber”). The case was assigned to District Judge Richard Seeborg. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs alleged that Uber violated its legal obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the California Disabled Perso…
POLICING
Handschu v. Special Services Division

1:71-cv-02203 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 18, 1971

Case Ongoing

On May 18, 1971, residents of New York City filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued an intelligence division within the New York Police Department (NYPD), the Special Services Division (SSD), under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Amendments. The plaintiffs, represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights and private counsel, sought class certifi…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Edmo v. Idaho Department of Correction

1:17-cv-00151 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: April 6, 2017

Case Ongoing

The plaintiff in this case is a transgender, Native American woman. She was incarcerated at facilities run by the Idaho Department of Corrections. Despite multiple attempts at self-castration, the Idaho Department of Corrections and its employees had denied her medically necessary care, refused to transfer her, and failed to provide accommodations for her to express her gender identity. The defendants refused to provide the plaintiff with hormone treatment and gender confirmation surgery. Becau…