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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Abrego Garcia v. Noem

8:25-cv-00951 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

On March 15, 2025, as reported by several news outlets, the second Trump administration deported almost 300 noncitizens—mostly Venezuelan nationals and some Salvadoran nationals—to El Salvador without going through any legal process in front of an immigration judge. Upon arrival, they were sent to the country’s mega-prison, the Terrorism Confinement Center or CECOT. This lawsuit challenged the deportation of one of the Salvadoran nationals, who had actually won protection from removal several y…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
D.V.D. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-10676 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

This class action challenges Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deportations of noncitizens to countries that are not their designated country of removal, without first providing opportunity demonstrate their fear of persecution, torture, and even death in those third countries. Four anonymous class plaintiffs, all noncitizens from Central America and currently residing in Massachusetts, filed this lawsuit on March 23, 2025 in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusett…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
DRC v. San Benito County

4:19-cv-01833 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 4, 2019

Closed Date: May 24, 2019

This case concerns the ability of a protection and advocacy agency (P&A) to obtain records necessary to investigate alleged abuse and neglect of hospitalized patients with mental illness. A state P&A agency filed a case in federal court to obtain access to these records. Plaintiff Disability Rights California (“DRC”) filed its complaint on April 4, 2019, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. After a reassignment, the case was presided over by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Hart v. Clendenin

5:20-cv-01559 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 5, 2020

Closed Date: July 16, 2021

This case is about the health and safety of individuals confined in close quarters during a pandemic. The plaintiffs brought this class action lawsuit in federal court on Aug. 5, 2020, because they and others similarly situated were at risk of becoming severely ill or dying from COVID-19 while being held at Patton State Hospital, one of the largest psychiatric hospitals in the country. Defendants held plaintiffs at this locked facility pursuant to involuntary psychiatric commitments. The defend…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
National Association of Immigration Judges v. Neal

1:20-cv-00731 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 1, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case challenged a policy of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) which placed restrictions on immigration judges who wish to speak or write publicly in their personal capacities about certain topics. The 2017 policy imposed a preapproval requirement on all immigration judges who wished to speak at public events in their personal capacities. The 2020 policy, which replaced the 2017 policy, said that immigration judges were prohibited from speaking in their personal capacities …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Prisoners' Legal Services of New York v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-01965 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

On March 10, 2025, Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, New York Civil Liberties Union, and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (collectively, “PLSNY”) sued the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”), Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility (called "Batavia") in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. PLSNY alleged that Batavia's new policy of holding onto original copies of mail and only giving copies to recipients violated …
EDUCATION
Grabowski v. Arizona Board of Regents

4:19-cv-00460 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Sept. 16, 2019

Case Ongoing

This case involves allegations of discrimination based on sexual orientation within college athletics. On September 16, 2019, a student athlete at the University of Arizona filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, claiming he was subjected to bullying by his teammates due to their perception that he was gay. Despite informing the university about the harassment, the plaintiff contended that the school failed to take any action. Further, the plaintiff was subseq…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Kennedy v. Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice

1:24-cv-00016 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Jan. 15, 2024

Case Ongoing

This is a case about a juvenile facility with allegations of abuse and neglect in Kentucky. Named plaintiffs, two juvenile individuals held at Adair County Youth Detention Center (ACYDC), filed a class action against the ACYDC, the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS), and various DJJ officials in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. The DJJ officials included its Commissioner, Executive Director of Of…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United Farm Workers v. Noem

1:25-cv-00246 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 2025

Case Ongoing

This class action lawsuit stems from "Operation Return to Sender," conducted by Border Patrol agents over 300 miles from the border in Kern County, California in January 2025. The plaintiffs allege that agents detained and arrested people of color who appeared to be farm workers or day laborers regardless of their actual immigration status, with no explanation or notice to family members, and coerced them into accepting "voluntary departure" without being able to consult with an immigration att…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Morris v. Sheriff of Allen County

1:20-cv-00034 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Jan. 21, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about incarcerated individuals experiencing overcrowding in their cells. This class action lawsuit was filed on January 21, 2020, contending that the chronically overcrowded conditions of the Allen County Jail in Indiana violates the inmates' rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. This action was brought under the 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff, a man held at the Allen County Jail,  was represented by ACLU of Indiana and private counsel. The plaintiff sued the sherif…