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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Lee v. Ashcroft

2:04-cv-00449 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 27, 2004

Closed Date: 2009

On February 27, 2004, plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, challenging the policies and procedures used by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to adjudicate applications for naturalization. Plaintiffs alleged that the agency failed to apply the correct standard for determining whether applicants have "good moral character" and failed to adjudicate applications within 120 days as prescribed by law. Plainti…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Karlo v. Pittsburgh Glass Works LLC.

2:10-cv-01283 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2010

Closed Date: 2017

On September 29, 2010, a class of male employees 50 years of age or older filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"), 29 U.S.C. § 621, against Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for lost compensation in front pay and back pay, attorneys' fees and costs, declaratory and injunctive relief, lost pension benefits, and liquidated damages, claimin…
EDUCATION
Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard

1:14-cv-14176 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Nov. 17, 2014

Case Ongoing

On November 17, 2014, Students for Fair Admissions Inc. filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d against Harvard College. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief to prohibit the consideration of race in college admissions, claiming that Harvard's admissions policy discriminated against Asian American applicants. Specifically, the plainti…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Frank v. Walker

2:11-cv-01128 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Dec. 13, 2011

Case Ongoing

On December 13, 2011, registered voters in Wisconsin filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). The plaintiffs sued the State of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, and the Division of Motor Vehicles. The plaintiffs, represented by public interest and private counsel, claimed that the voter ID requirement implemented by 2011 Wisconsin Act 23 (Act 23) placed an undue burden…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Hill v. Snyder

2:10-cv-14568 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Nov. 17, 2010

Closed Date: Nov. 17, 2020

This is a lawsuit challenging mandatory life sentences without parole for juveniles in Michigan.On November 17, 2010, juvenile prisoners filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the State of Michigan, challenging the state law that prohibited the Michigan Parole Board from considering for parole juveniles who were sentenced to life in prison without parole for first-degree murder. The plaintiffs, represented by counsel from the American…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
R.J. v. Bishop

1:12-cv-07289 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Sept. 12, 2012

Case Ongoing

On September 12, 2012, youth confined in facilities operated by the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court against the IDJJ. The plaintiffs, represented by counsel from the Roger Baldwin Foundation of the ACLU, sought declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that systemic IDJJ conditions, services, and treatment violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Th…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Gammett v. Idaho State Board of Corrections

1:05-cv-00257 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: June 30, 2005

Closed Date: 2009

On June 30, 2005, a transgender inmate filed suit against the Idaho State Board of Corrections in the District Court for Idaho for failing to diagnose and provide treatment for her Gender Dysphoria (formerly known as Gender Identity Disorder and discussed as such in this case). Plaintiff, who was represented by National Center for Lesbian Rights and private attorneys, alleged that defendants were deliberately indifferent to her serious mental health condition in violation of the Eighth and Four…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Goff v. Harper

4:90-cv-30365 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: July 6, 1990

Closed Date: 2006

On July 6, 1990, an inmate at Iowa State Prison filed a lawsuit against prison officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa alleging Eighth and Eleventh Amendment violations. Plaintiff specifically alleged the defendants' disciplinary procedures and policies violated inmates' constitutional rights.On December 14, 1993, plaintiff filed a motion for preliminary injunction requesting that certain prison officials not be involved in any of …
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
In re Juvenile Justice Facilities

3:97-cv-00001 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Jan. 2, 1997

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2003

This case was part of the collection of § 1983 inmate cases that had been pending in the Louisiana federal courts, challenging the operation and conditions of confinement in the Louisiana prison system and in parish and city jails through Louisiana. See the cases categories PC-LA, JC-LA and JI-LA of this collection.Judge Frank J. Polozola of the U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana presided over many of the Louisiana prison and jail cases. In an effort to better manage those cases…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
O'Toole v. Cuomo & U.S. v. New York (formerly Disability Advocates Inc. (DAI) v. Pataki)

1:13-cv-04166 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: June 30, 2003

Case Ongoing

This Clearinghouse entry describes two closely entwined lawsuits: O'Toole v. Cuomo, U.S. v. New York, and Disability Advocates Inc. v. Pataki. On June 30, 2003, Disability Advocates, Inc. (DAI) filed a lawsuit on behalf of New York residents in large "adult homes," privately owned but state-funded facilities for individuals with mental illness or other disabilities, and on behalf of all individuals at risk of being institutionalized in adult homes. Plaintiffs filed their case in the U.S. Distr…