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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Equal Vote America Corp. v. Congress

1:19-cv-00311 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 11, 2019

Closed Date: Dec. 16, 2020

This case is about an alleged violation of equal representation in Congress.   On January 11, 2019, a non-profit organization called “Equal Vote America Corp.” (EVA) and an individual filed a complaint in federal court in the Southern District of New York.  The complaint explained that EVA represented a group of eligible voters and that its mission was educating the public on voting rights and promoting voter participation in the election process.  The individual plaintiff was the leader of the…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Gutierrez v. Abbott

1:21-cv-00769 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Sept. 1, 2021

Closed Date: Oct. 4, 2022

This is a redistricting case challenging existing maps for the Texas House of Representatives and Senate districts.  On September 1, 2021, two Texas State Senators and the Tejano Democrats (a statewide political organization) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.  Plaintiffs sued Texas Governor and acting Texas Secretary of State under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution and the protections afforded by 42 U.S.C. § 1983.  Represen…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
DeOtte v. Azar

4:18-cv-00825 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 2018

Closed Date: Aug. 31, 2022

This case is a challenge to the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) contraceptive mandate under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). On October 6, 2018, four private plaintiffs and a health and wellness center filed this class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The plaintiffs sued the U.S. Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor under the RFRA and the APA (42 USC § 2000bb-1(c) and 5 USC § 70…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
A.W. v. Smith

5:16-cv-01235 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2016

Closed Date: Jan. 18, 2018

This is an action brought in the District Court for the Western District of Texas (San Antonio Division) by three Medicaid-eligible children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder who have a medical need for Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy.  Plaintiffs, represented by Disability Rights Texas, alleged that the Commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Medicaid Director failed to cover medically necessary ABA therapy in violation of the Medicaid Early P…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Campaign Legal Center v. DOJ

1:18-cv-01771 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 30, 2018

Case Ongoing

This is a case concerning the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 United States census. On July 30, 2018, the Campaign Legal Center (CLC), a nonprofit aimed at increasing access to democratic participation, brought this action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The CLC sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), § 5 U.S.C. 552. Represented by private and staff counsel, the CLC sought injunctive relief to compel the …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Trivette v. Tennessee Department of Correction

3:20-cv-00276 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: March 31, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 31, 2020, a deaf man in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) and Disability Rights Tennessee (DRT), the state protection and advocacy entity, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. The plaintiffs sued TDOC alleging violations of Title II of the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act for failure to provide effective communication accommodations. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged inmates incarcerated at TDOC f…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Wood v. Ryan

2:14-cv-01447 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: June 26, 2014

Case Ongoing

On June 26, 2014, multiple residents and citizens of Arizona subject to the death penalty filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The plaintiffs sued the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) and multiple state officials associated with the organization under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. With the representation of private counsel and the Federal Public Defenders Office, the plaintiffs claimed violations of the First Amendment, the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause, …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Davis v. Eastman Kodak

6:04-cv-06098 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: March 10, 2004

Closed Date: 2014

On November 12, 2003, an African American employee of Eastman Kodak Company filed a pro se complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that Kodak had discriminated against her on account of her race. On March 10, 2004, the case was transferred to the United States District Court for the Western District of New York and on April 28, 2004, based on the parties' prior consent to jurisdiction by a U.S. Magistrate, the case was assigned to U.S. Magi…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Byrd v. Maricopa County Sheriff's Department

2:04-cv-02701 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Nov. 26, 2004

Closed Date: Jan. 25, 2012

On November 26, 2004, the plaintiff brought this action pro se under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, Phoenix Division. While the plaintiff had been a pretrial detainee in a minimum-security facility, Maricopa County jail officials ordered a search of his entire housing unit. The plaintiff alleged that during the search, a female training cadet conducted a partial strip search and pat down of his groin area despite the availability of male detention offic…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Malam v. Adducci

5:20-cv-10829 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 30, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: A medically vulnerable immigration detainee filed this case on March 30, 2020. The detainee alleged that ongoing detention violated her due process rights because it was unlawfully punitive given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Additional detainees intervened. The court granted several releases in the form of preliminary injunctions. The court also certified a class, instituted procedures for bail applications from detainees within the class, and continued to grant temporary re…