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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
CODING IN PROCESS
Hayes v. Rutledge

4:21-cv-00347 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: April 30, 2021

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) This case concerns a challenge by Arkansas state prisoners to a state law that denied or confiscated their COVID-19 stimulus payments.
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
People First of Alabama v. Merrill

2:20-cv-00619 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 1, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This lawsuit was filed by Alabama voters to temporarily enjoin Alabama’s voting law provisions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The plaintiffs challenged the witness and photo ID requirement, requiring absentee voters to obtain witness or notary signatures, and submit a photocopy of their ID with their ballot. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief to enjoin enforcement of the Witness and ID requirement and to allow curbside voting during the primary, municipal, …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Community Provider of Enrichment Services Incorporated

4:10-cv-00592 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2010

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) Defendant Community Provider of Enrichment Services, Inc. allegedly violated the ADA and Title I of the Civil Rights Act when it refused to hire qualified hearing-impaired job applicants because of their disability.
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
City of El Cenizo v. State of Texas

5:17-cv-00404 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: May 8, 2017

Case Ongoing

This suit challenged Texas's "Sanctuary City" legislation, Senate Bill 4 (SB4), which required local Texas law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration officials and punished them if they did not. Unlike the other suits in this special collection, this suit did not challenge President Trump's "Sanctuary City" Executive Order. At the time of this writing, there were three other cases addressing SB4 (in addition to this one). This case was before Judge Orlando L. Garcia, as was El Paso C…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Hopson v. Baltimore

1:04-cv-03842 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2004

Case Ongoing

On December 6, 2004, a group of African-American police officers brought a lawsuit against their employer, the Baltimore Police Department, as well as various other municipal entities, including the City of Baltimore and the Baltimore City Council, in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The plaintiffs alleged that they had been discriminated against and that the discrimination was illegal under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, as well as …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Lawrence v. City of Englewood, Colorado

1:12-cv-01423 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: May 31, 2012

Closed Date: March 8, 2016

On August 13, 2011, a deaf individual who communicated primarily through American Sign Language (ASL) was arrested by officers in the Englewood Police Department (EPD) who deprived him of access to critical medication for diabetes and auxiliary aids or services for effective communication. Throughout the process of the individual’s arrest, booking, and intake, his hearing disability was readily apparent and documented. The EPD failed to provide interpretive services or access to the individual’…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Lee v. Orr

1:13-cv-08719 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2013

Case Ongoing

Plaintiffs -- four same-sex Illinois couples who wished to marry--filed this case on December 6, 2013, in the U.S. district court for the Northern District of Illinois. They sued the Cook County Clerk; the state attorney general intervened. Plaintiffs brought the suit just a month after the Illinois legislature enacted Senate Bill 10, which amends the Illinois Marriage Act to allow same-sex couples to be legally married in Illinois. S.B. 10, Ill. 98th Gen. Assemb., First Reg. Sess. (Ill. 2013…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hamama v. Adducci

2:17-cv-11910 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 15, 2017

Case Ongoing

Petitioners in this class action/habeas petition are Iraqi nationals—many, perhaps most, Chaldean Christian—who have resided in the United States for many years. They have been subject to final orders of removal for years, but the U.S. government permitted them to reside in the community under orders of supervision. In early 2017, political negotiation by the Trump administration with Iraq (related to Iraq's desire to be taken off the Trump Executive Order travel-ban list) led to Iraq’s agreeme…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
CODING IN PROCESS
A.P.F. v. United States

2:20-cv-00065 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Jan. 10, 2020

(This summary is temporary while we research the case) Two immigrant parents separated from their children by immigration officials at the U.S. border filed suit against the U.S. government in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona on January 10, 2020. Plaintiffs were represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center. 
EDUCATION
Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality by any Means Necessary (BAMN) v. Granholm

2:06-cv-15024 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Nov. 8, 2006

Case Ongoing

Until and through the latter part of 2006, the University of Michigan's admissions policies allowed for the consideration of race among the factors it considered in making admissions decisions. In 2003, this policy was expressly approved by the United States Supreme Court in Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003). On November 7, 2006, the people of Michigan approved by majority vote a statewide ballot initiative, Proposal 2, which amended the Michigan Constitution to prohibit discrimination…