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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
Castañeda Juarez v. Asher

2:20-cv-00700 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: May 8, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a class action lawsuit in which people detained at the Northwest ICE Processing Center ("NWIPC"), which houses detainees of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE"), sought their release due to their risk of contracting COVID at this facility. More specifically, petitioners each suffered from underlying medical conditions that placed them at a greater risk of a severe illness or death should they contract COVID. The facility was operated by GEO, a private prison company. On May …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Independent Living Center of Southern California v. Maxwell-Jolly

2:08-cv-03315 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 22, 2008

Case Ongoing

In 2008 and 2009, the California Legislature passed three statutes modifying the State's Medicaid plan, reducing payments made to health providers. Under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1396 et seq. (The Medicaid Act), such modifications must be approved by the federal Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) prior to being put in place. In September and December 2008, California submitted amendment proposals to CMS that incorp…
POLICING
Handschu v. Special Services Division

1:71-cv-02203 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 18, 1971

Case Ongoing

On May 18, 1971, residents of New York City filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued an intelligence division within the New York Police Department, the Special Services Division (SSD), under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Amendments. The plaintiffs, represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights and private counsel sought class certification t…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Ball v. Kasich

2:16-cv-00282 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: March 31, 2016

Case Ongoing

On March 31, 2016, individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. They sued the state of Ohio, including the state's disability departments, under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and the Social Security Act. The plaintiffs issued a press release on the same day, available here. The case …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Monroe v. Baldwin

3:18-cv-00156 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2018

Case Ongoing

The plaintiffs are five trans women housed in a men's prison in Illinois. On Jan 31, 2018, they filed a complaint against the governor of Illinois, the director of the Illinois Department of Correction, the Chief of Health Services for IDOC, the statewide Mental Health Supervisor for IDOC, and two members of the Gender Identity Disorder Committee for IDOC. (Note: "Gender Identity Disorder" is now clinically referred to as Gender Dysphoria). The plaintiffs are represented by the ACLU of Illinoi…
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Graham v. Evangeline Parish School Board

6:65-cv-11053 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: May 4, 1965

Closed Date: 2012

On May 4, 1965, five African-American children attending public schools filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. The plaintiffs sued the Evangeline Parish School Board to enjoin the operation of a racially segregated school system in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. This case has a lengthy history involving consolidations, appeals, and court supervision that lasted until 2012. Original Desegregation ProcessOn June 4, 1965, the district court (Judge Richard …
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
In re Black Farmers' Discrimination Litigation ("Pigford II")

1:08-mc-00511 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 7, 2008

Case Ongoing

On April 14, 1999, a consent decree was approved in Pigford v. Glickman, involving a class of thousands of Black farmers who had sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture over racially discriminatory farm loan denials. 185 F.R.D. 82 (D.D.C. 1999). In the settlement, two "claim tracks" were created: Track A, which had a lower standard of proof of discrimination (paying up to $50,000 for credit claims and $3,000 for non-credit claims), and Track B, which required a preponderance of the evidence (pa…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Moore v. Chertoff

1:00-cv-00953 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 3, 2000

Case Ongoing

On May 3, 2000, ten black current and former special agents of the United States Secret Service filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) and 42 U.S.C. § 1981a (the Civil Rights Act of 1991) against the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs filed the lawsuit individually and on behalf of a putative…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Hollywood Synagogue v. City of Hollywood & U.S. v. City of Hollywood

0:04-cv-61212 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Sept. 15, 2004

Closed Date: 2012

On September 15, 2004, a Hollywood synagogue filed a lawsuit under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 ("RLUIPA"), 42 U.S.C. §1983, and the Florida Religious Freedom Restoration Act ("Florida RFRA"), against the City of Hollywood, FL. in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, Ft. Lauderdale division. The plaintiff, represented by private and public interest counsel, sought declaratory, injunctive, punitive, and compensatory relief, claiming that the …