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CHILD WELFARE
G. K. v. Sununu

1:21-cv-00004 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: Jan. 5, 2021

Case Ongoing

On January 5, 2021, four teenagers with mental impairments in foster care in New Hampshire filed this putative class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. They sought to represent a class of all minors between the ages of 14 and 17, with mental impairments, under the legal custody of the Division for Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) in New Hampshire who were at risk of placement in congregate care. The plaintiffs were represented by the ACLU of New Hamp…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Juan F. v. Rell

2:89-cv-00859 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 1989

Closed Date: April 15, 2023

This class action brought by children placed in Connecticut's Department of Children and Youth Services (DCYS) was filed on December 19, 1989, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. The plaintiffs were represented by the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union. They sought declaratory and injunctive relief against the state to redress deficiencies in the child welfare system, claiming that the state violated the Adoption Assistanc…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections

3:14-cv-00852 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Dec. 22, 2014

Closed Date: Sept. 17, 2020

This case involved a constitutional challenge to Virginia's 2011 House of Delegates Redistricting Plan.   On December 22, 2014, 12 voters from 12 districts filed a lawsuit against the Virginia State Board of Elections and Virginia Department of Elections in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.  The case was considered by a three-judge panel, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 2284, comprised of Senior District Judge Robert E. Payne, District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee, and Circ…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Wolf v. Vidal

1:16-cv-04756 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 25, 2016

Case Ongoing

This was the first lawsuit brought to challenge the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (“DACA”). The plaintiff, a DACA recipient, came to the United States from Mexico at seven years old. On May 14, 2015, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) revoked the plaintiff’s three-year employment authorization on the grounds that a nationwide preliminary injunction issued by the Southern District of Texas in Texas v. United States barred the plaintiff from recei…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Armstrong v. Newsom

4:94-cv-02307 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 29, 1994

Case Ongoing

On June 29, 1994, eleven California state prisoners and parolees with disabilities filed this lawsuit against the California Department of Corrections—now the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”)—in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California. Represented by the Prison Law Office, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, and private counsel, the plaintiffs alleged that the CDCR had discriminated against them and all others similarly situat…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Holmes v. Godinez

1:11-cv-02961 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 4, 2011

Closed Date: Aug. 18, 2023

On May 04, 2011, deaf and hard of hearing prisoners filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against officials at the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by a group of public and private lawyers, the plaintiffs alleged that, while in IDOC custody, they were denied the assistance they needed to effectively communicate and participate in IDOC programs and services, in violation of the Americans with …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hawaii v. Trump

1:17-cv-00050 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2017

Closed Date: Oct. 2, 2018

The below summary is a condensed version. The full summary can be found here on the Clearinghouse website. Hawaii Attorney General Douglas S. Chin filed this lawsuit on February 3, 2017 against President Trump’s Jan. 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO-1) barring legal immigrants, visitors, and refugees from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the US and barring Syrian refugees indefinitely. The State filed a concurrent complaint and motion for a temporary restraining order in the U.S. Distr…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Castaneda v. Burger King Corporation

3:08-cv-04262 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 10, 2008

Closed Date: June 12, 2016

On September 10, 2008, a wheelchair user brought a class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of individuals with disabilities who encountered various barriers to accessibility at many of California's 92 Burger King restaurants. He alleged that inaccessible restrooms, high counters, seating areas, and other aspects of Burger King restaurants violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. § 12182(a)) and California statutes including the Un…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Smiley v. California Department of Education

3:01-cv-01780 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 8, 2001

Closed Date: 2004

On May 8, 2001, plaintiff students, by guardians ad litem and on behalf of all others similarly situated, and the Learning Disabilities Association of California, filed a class action complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against the California Department of Education ("CDE") and Fremont Unified School District ("FUSD"). The case proceeded under the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. ("the ADA"), the Rehabilitation Act of …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Abu-Jamal v. Kerestes

3:15-cv-00967 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: May 18, 2015

Closed Date: Nov. 2, 2021

On May 18, 2015, a person incarcerated at the Mahanoy State Correctional Institute filed this complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The complaint arose out of the plaintiff’s hospitalization for Hepatitis C. The plaintiff sued the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Bureau of Health Care Services of the DOC. The initial complaint claimed violations of First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The plaintiff claimed that, while hospita…