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24 cases, 24 documents
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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe 1 v. McAleenan

5:18-cv-02349 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 18, 2018

Closed Date: Feb. 10, 2023

On April 18, 2018, a group of five unnamed plaintiffs filed this class action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sought to represent a class of Iranian refugees and their U.S.-based family members who applied for refugee resettlement through the Vienna, Austria-based Lautenberg-Specter program and were denied. The plaintiffs alleged that they had applied for refugee resettlement through the…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Malam v. Adducci

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

Filed Date: March 30, 2020

This case concerns the due process rights of civil immigration detainees with medical vulnerabilities during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 30, 2020, an individual lawful permanent resident, in removal proceedings in Detroit and detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) at the Calhoun County Correctional Facility, filed this emergency habeas petition and complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Represented by pri…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
State of Washington v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

4:19-cv-05210 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2019

Closed Date: March 1, 2023

This case is one of several brought nationwide by states, counties, and non-profit organizations challenging the Trump administration's revised, final public charge rule, which expands the types of programs that the federal government will consider in public charge determinations to now also include previously excluded health, nutrition, and housing programs. In the fall of 2019, district court judges from across the country granted preliminary injunctions enjoining the government from implemen…
NATIONAL SECURITY
Jewel v. National Security Agency

4:08-cv-04373 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 18, 2008

Case Ongoing

On September 18, 2008, AT&T customers filed this putative class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the United States. The plaintiffs, represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and private counsel, claimed that the federal government's electronic surveillance program violated the Fourth Amendment, First Amendment, separation of powers, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the Wiretap Act, the Electronic Communications Privacy Ac…
CHILD WELFARE
Jonathan R. v. Justice

3:19-cv-00710 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the administration of child welfare.  On September 30, 2019, twelve named plaintiffs, all children in the custody of West Virginia's Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), brought a class action complaint against the Governor of West Virginia Jim Justice, as well as the Cabinet Secretary for the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the Deputy Secretary for the West Virginia DHHS, and the Commissioner for Bureau of Children and Families (BC…
POLICING
Don't Shoot Portland v. City of Portland

3:20-cv-00917 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: June 5, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: On June 5, 2020, a non-profit corporation advocating for social and racial justice and individual citizens filed this class action suit for violations of their First and Fourth Amendment rights. The plaintiffs sought injunctive relief enjoining Portland police from using tear gas. On June 9, 2020 the court granted the temporary restraining order (“TRO”) and enjoined the defendants from using tear gas.  The TRO was expanded to include non-lethal weapons on June 26, 2020 . On Ju…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Coreas v. Bounds

8:20-cv-00780 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 24, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a habeas action filed by immigration detainees in ICE facilities in Maryland, seeking release from detention. The detainees claimed their underlying medical conditions made them particularly vulnerable to serious illness or death from COVID-19. The court granted preliminary injunctions on April 30 and May 7, ordering the release of several detainees. Additionally, on September 18, the court granted the petitioner's motion for class certification. The court denied a mot…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Engers v. AT&T

2:98-cv-03660 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Aug. 5, 1998

Closed Date: June 22, 2011

AT&T changed its pension plan in November 1997, which allegedly resulted in younger employees receiving more benefits than older employees previously had, while the pension benefits for older employees were reduced. On August 5, 1998, the plaintiff filed this class-action lawsuit in the District Court of New Jersey bringing 17 claims for relief alleging violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), ERISA, and state law. The complaint sought declaratory and injunctive relief req…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
In re FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. Employment Practices Litigation

3:05-md-00527 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Aug. 26, 2005

Closed Date: Oct. 17, 2019

This Multi-District Litigation case included over 40 cases arising in more than half of the states in the U.S. Together, those cases challenged various aspects of the decision by FedEx Ground to classify its drivers as independent contractors under a variety of theories and statutes that included (depending on the case) both state and federal law. During the litigation’s long and complex procedural history, several of the cases were certified as class actions, at least in part, and over 2,000 p…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Rouser v. White

2:93-cv-00767 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: May 7, 1993

Case Ongoing

On May 7, 1993, a Wiccan prisoner incarcerated by the California Department of Corrections since 1979 filed a lawsuit against prison officials in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, and California state law. The plaintiff, represented pro se and sometimes by private counsel, asked the court for injunctive relief and damages, claiming that the prison officials had violated his right to fr…