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POLICING
Pitney v. City of Chester

2:19-cv-00799 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Feb. 25, 2019

Case Ongoing

The plaintiff in this case was strip-searched after being arrested for a minor offense. He was not suspected of possessing drugs or weapons, and he was ultimately not charged with any crime, but the City of Chester's policy allowed police to conduct strip searches on anyone they arrested. In this lawsuit, filed by private counsel on February 25, 2019, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the plaintiff named the City of Chester and three police officers as defenda…
POLICING
Shaw v. Schulte

6:19-cv-01343 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2019

Case Ongoing

This case involved an alleged unconstitutional policy of the Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) whereby they stopped motorists with out of state plates who were driving the I-70 corridor to or from the state of Colorado. On December 19, 2019, the three named plaintiffs on behalf of a class filed this lawsuit pro se in the District of Kansas. The plaintiffs sued the Kansas Highway Patrol superintendent and two named officers in their official capacity for the alleged unconstitutional stops and seizures…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Ulloa Lujan v. U.S. Department of Education

3:22-cv-00159 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: May 3, 2022

Case Ongoing

On May 3, 2022, two individuals who applied for Fulbright programs filed this suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. The plaintiffs, represented by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, sued the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), its Secretary, and its Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, alleging that the language-proficiency criterion for Fulbright-Hays Fellowships impermissibly discriminated based on national heritageThe plaintiffs alleged that t…
EDUCATION
Simpson-Vlach v. Michigan Department of Education

5:21-cv-11532 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 30, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a putative class action suit brought by and on behalf of children with disabilities who alleged that they did not get their educational needs met by their schools due to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 30, 2021, the plaintiffs—children with disabilities and their parents—filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs sued the Michigan Department of Education (MDE), Ann Arbor Public Schools (AAPS), and Washtenaw In…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Reed-Veal v. Encinia

4:15-cv-02232 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 2015

Closed Date: Nov. 1, 2016

This is the litigation that came out of the death of Sandra Bland in jail in Waller County after a routine traffic stop led to her arrest. Although the Clearinghouse does not focus on damage actions like this one, because of the widespread interest in this case, we've posted the key documents in the case for use by the public. On August 4, 2015, the mother of Sandra Bland filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The plaintiff sued the Texas Department of…
CHILD WELFARE
B.K. v. McKay

2:15-cv-00185 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2015

Case Ongoing

On February 3, 2015, minors in the custody of the Arizona foster care system filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The plaintiffs sued the Arizona Department of Child Safety, the Arizona Department of Health Services, and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1396). The plaintiffs, represented by Children’s Rights, Inc., the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, a…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Coalition on Homelessness v. City and County of San Francisco

4:22-cv-05502 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 27, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case is a challenge to San Francisco’s policies regarding homelessness. The plaintiffs, several homeless individuals and an advocacy organization allege that San Francisco has enacted anti-homelessness ordinances and statutes that criminalize the unhoused population of the city, despite lack of access to shelter beds. The plaintiffs claim that in its efforts to “solve” the homelessness crisis, the City did not invest in adequate shelter to meet the needs of its unhoused population. Instead…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Z.S. v. Durham County

1:21-cv-00663 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Aug. 24, 2021

Closed Date: Feb. 14, 2023

This lawsuit to challenged the institutionalization of toddler in the care of Durham County, North Carolina in a facility 100 miles away from parents’ home. The case was filed on August 24, 2021 in the the U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina, where it was assigned to District Judge William L. Osteen, Jr.. The plaintiff, represented by Disability Rights North Carolina, alleged that the county failed to provide appropriate Medicaid services or home-based foster care in violatio…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Rights Mississippi v. Hinds County

3:11-cv-00327 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: June 1, 2011

Case Ongoing

This is a case about whether a Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency can communicate with all individuals in a juvenile detention facility where some individuals with disabilities reside, as well as the substantive conditions in a juvenile detention facility. On June 1, 2011, Disability Rights Mississippi, Mississippi’s P&A, and a putative class of juvenile detention facility residents filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. They filed this lawsuit…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Noel v. New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission

1:11-cv-00237 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 13, 2011

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2020

On January 13, 2011, New York wheelchair users and several disability rights organizations filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the New York City Human Rights Law alleging that TLC discriminated against persons with disabilities by maintaining a fleet unsu…