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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

Case Ongoing

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…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Saravia v. Sessions

3:17-cv-03615 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 22, 2017

Closed Date: Dec. 9, 2019

This case, filed on June 22, 2017, was brought by a parent on behalf of her minor child for wrongful incarceration by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The complaint alleged that the minor, A.H., was released into the plaintiff's custody but that a few years later, ICE arrested and detained him without cause. Represented by the ACLU of Northern California, the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project, and the private law firm Cooley LLP, the plaintiff argued that the government violated th…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
C.M. v. United States

2:19-cv-05217 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Sept. 19, 2019

Case Ongoing

On September 19, 2019, five asylum-seeking parents, on their own behalf and on behalf of their minor children, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The plaintiffs sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, the National Immigrant Justice Center, and the American Immigration Council, sought monetary relief and attorneys fees. The plaintiffs alleged that the United States government caused intentio…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Cottone v. Jenne

0:00-cv-07545 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Oct. 19, 2000

Closed Date: July 20, 2006

Plaintiff, a personal representative for his son, sued numerous defendants associated with the Broward County Detention Center in Florida after his son, a pretrial detainee, died at the hands of a mentally ill co-inmate. The detention center was subject to a consent decree from Carruthers v. Cochran (JC-FL-008) that required the jail to institute a system of classification, separation, and monitoring of inmates. In 2002, the district court for the Southern District of Florida (Judge William J…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Parham v. Watson

3:20-cv-00572 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Aug. 27, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 20, 2020

NOTE: This case was tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. For more information, see their tracker. This is a case brought by voting rights organizations and individuals because of the health risks of absentee voting regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic. On August 27, 2020, the League of Women Voters Mississippi, Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP, and three individuals filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of M…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Tawfeeq v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:17-cv-00353 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 11, 2017

This case was different from many of the other cases in the Travel Ban collection, as it challenged the legality of the executive order as applied to lawful permanent residents, instead of arguing that the executive order was invalid on its face. On January 30, 2017, a lawful permanent resident (LPR) of the U.S., represented by private counsel, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (in Atlanta). The plaintiff claimed that U.S. Customs and Border Patr…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Aziz v. Trump

1:17-cv-00116 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: June 1, 2017

On January 28, 2017, lawful permanent residents (LPRs) of the United States, represented by the Legal Aid Justice Center and Mayer Brown, filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The plaintiffs brought the action as a petition for writ of habeas corpus and a civil complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief. They simultaneously filed an emergency application for a temporary restraining order (TRO). The plaintiffs were 50 to 60 lawful permanent residen…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Garcia v. Griswold

1:20-cv-01268 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: May 6, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 28, 2020

This is a case about a U.S. Senate candidate seeking to be placed on the 2020 Democratic primary ballot after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the usual signature gathering process. On May 6, 2020, the candidate and her campaign organization filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. The campaign sued the Colorado Secretary of State alleging that she wrongfully kept the candidate off of the ballot. Represented by private counsel, the campaign sought a de…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Waid v. Snyder (In re Flint Water Cases)

5:16-cv-10444 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2016

Case Ongoing

This entry describes the consolidated federal class action lawsuits arising out of the Flint water crisis. Background Flint, Michigan historically purchased safe drinking water from Detroit. But in 2014, Flint began to draw water from the Flint River. The Flint River's water was corrosive, but Flint did not properly treat it. The water corroded pipes, causing lead and other toxic substances to leach into Flint's water supply. As a result, many Flint residents were exposed to contaminated water …
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Missouri v. Biden

4:21-cv-01329 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Nov. 10, 2021

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: In this case, several states sued to block the federal vaccine mandate which required Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers and suppliers to become vaccinated prior to December 6, 2021. The judge granted the preliminary injunction on November 29, 2021, which enjoined the defendants from implementing the vaccination requirements in the states party to the lawsuit. The defendants appealed to the Eighth Circuit and moved for a stay of the injunction, which was denied by the …