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DISABILITY RIGHTS
The Arc of Iowa v. Reynolds

4:21-cv-00264 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Sept. 3, 2021

Closed Date: March 19, 2024

On September 3, 2021, individual student plaintiffs, the Iowa ARC (a nonprofit dedicated to advocating for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities), and Iowa's Protection and Advocacy (P&A) system challenged the state of Iowa's k-12 school mask ban by filing a lawsuit against the state governor and certain school districts alleging the legislature's action to prohibit the wearing of masks during the covid-19 pandemic violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 w…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Schmitt v. Husted

2:18-cv-00966 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2018

Closed Date: Nov. 8, 2021

This case alleged that Portage County and Ohio state officials acted as "gatekeepers" by having near-total discretion in determining which initiatives were included on Ohio's ballots. On August 28, 2018, three individuals sued the Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted in his official capacity and the Portage County Board of Elections and each of its four members in their official capacities in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, seeking a declaratory judgment, a pre…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Keyes v. Gunn

3:16-cv-00228 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: March 30, 2016

Closed Date: Oct. 30, 2018

This case involved an election dispute in Mississippi concerning a tie in the vote for a seat in the House of Representatives for the State of Mississippi. Both candidates received 4,589 votes and the final result was determined by straw draw. The loser of the election filed a petition with the House contesting the election. A special committee was appointed and voted along party lines, discarding 5 of the 9 affidavit votes originally counted by Smith County election commissioners and the Secre…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
American Civil Rights Union v. Philadelphia City Commissioner

2:16-cv-01507 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 4, 2016

Closed Date: Oct. 17, 2017

This is a case about whether incarcerated individuals should be considered residents in a city's voter registration record.  On April 4, 2016, the American Civil Rights Union filed suit against the Commissioners of the City of Philadelphia in April of 2016 after providing notice that the number of voters registered in the City was improbably high given the number of residents based on recent data. Specifically, plaintiff took issue with defendants' inclusion of incarcerated individuals on the v…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
The Libertarian Party of Kentucky v. Grimes

3:15-cv-00086 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: April 12, 2015

Closed Date: May 16, 2017

This case alleged that the Libertarian and Constitution Parties should be classified as political parties, not political groups, for the purposes of elections.  On December 11, 2015, plaintiffs - the Libertarian Party of Kentucky, the Libertarian National Committee, the Constitution Party of Kentucky, and Ken Moellman, Jr., an individual voter and former Libertarian Party candidate for Kentucky state office – brought an action against Kentucky's Secretary of State, state's attorney general, and…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Mi Familia Vota v. Hobbs

2:20-cv-01903 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 5, 2020

This is a case seeking an extended voter registration period in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.  On September 30, 2020, two nonprofit civic engagement groups and a resident of Arizona who engages in voter registration work, filed a complaint seeking declaratory judgment and emergency motion for a TRO against the Arizona Secretary of State to extend the voter registration deadline to October 27, 2020. Plaintiffs argued that the COVID-19 pandemic severely curtailed plaintiffs’ voter registration …
POLICING
Bryant v. Taylor, City of

2:22-cv-12066 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Sept. 1, 2022

Closed Date: March 11, 2024

This case concerns the constitutionality of the Taylor Police Department (TPD)’s seizure of a disabled person’s dog. On September 1, 2022, a Black individual with a physical disability sued the City of Taylor, two individual TPD officers, and an animal control officer under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The motivation for this lawsuit arose when the plaintiff’s dog pulled a lead line into his crate and entangled his leg. After the pla…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Davis v. Stapleton

6:20-cv-00062 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: Aug. 10, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 22, 2020

This is a case about Montana invalidating ballots of the Green Party, after a primary election was concluded. On August 11, 2020, the plaintiffs who represented candidates for state office and Green Party voters filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court in the District of Montana, Helena Division. The plaintiffs sued Corey Stapleton in his official capacity as the Secretary of State of Montana under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Montana Democratic Party an…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Betances v. Fischer

1:11-cv-03200 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 11, 2011

Case Ongoing

On May 11, 2011, three individuals given extrajudicial sentences of post-release supervision filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The named defendants were the New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) and the New York State Division of Parole (DOP). They claimed that the defendants administratively assigned sentences of post-release supervision (PRS) and that only a judge could impose an additio…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Does, 1-104 v. Wasden

1:16-cv-00429 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Sept. 22, 2016

Case Ongoing

On September 22, 2016, this complaint was filed under 42 U.S.C. §1983 on behalf of 104 unnamed sexual offenders, identified as John or Jane Does, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Idaho against the Idaho Attorney General, the Idaho Department of Corrections, and the Idaho State Police Force. The plaintiffs alleged that Idaho’s Sexual Offender Registration Notification and Community Right-to-Know Act (“SORA”) was unconstitutionally vague in violation of the Due Process and …