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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Aziz v. Trump

1:17-cv-00116 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: June 1, 2017

On January 28, 2017, lawful permanent residents (LPRs) of the United States, represented by the Legal Aid Justice Center and Mayer Brown, filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The plaintiffs brought the action as a petition for writ of habeas corpus and a civil complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief. They simultaneously filed an emergency application for a temporary restraining order (TRO). The plaintiffs were 50 to 60 lawful permanent residen…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ali v. Trump

2:17-cv-00135 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 21, 2018

This class action lawsuit, filed January 30, 2017, challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) ban on admission to the U.S. of nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (in Seattle). Plaintiffs were represented by the Northwest Immigrants Rights Project, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, and the American Immigration Council. The…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Buffkin v. Hooks

1:18-cv-00502 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: June 15, 2018

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in North Carolina Prisons. On June 15, 2018, three HCV positive prisoners filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. The plaintiffs sued the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (DPS) under 42 U.S.C. §1983. Represented by the ACLU of North Carolina, the plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, compensatory and punitive damages, and costs and attorney’s fees. Alleging that the agency’s HC…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Flores Tejada v. Godfrey

2:16-cv-01454 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Sept. 14, 2016

Case Ongoing

On September 14, 2016, a Mexican citizen who had been previously detained at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, WA, filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiff sued the local Field Office Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Director of ICE, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, the Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Attorney General of the U.S., and the wa…
EDUCATION
CODING IN PROCESS
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 summary is temporary, while we research the case.)Parents of special needs children covered by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act brought this class action against the State of Michigan and local education agencies alleging that the defendants failed to provide adequate services to their children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Disability Law Center of Alaska v. Meyer

3:20-cv-00173 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: July 20, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 27, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This case was filed on July 17, 2020 by three nonprofit advocacy groups and two individual plaintiffs in Alaska, seeking injunctive relief enjoining the state from only sending mail absentee applications to voters over 65 years old for the 2020 federal elections and a declaration that the state's policy was unconstitutional. On September 3, 2020, the court denied the plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction. The plaintiffs appealed the denial of the preliminary injuncti…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Money v. Pritzker

1:20-cv-02093 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 2, 2020

Closed Date: July 1, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action brought on behalf of prisoners in the Illinois Department of Corrections seeking various types of relief in light of COVID-19. The plaintiffs alleged that as people in groups who are particularly vulnerable to the virus, they were exposed to a heightened risk of COVID-19. On April 10, the judge denied the plaintiffs' request for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction. The plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on May 20. The parties re…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Bergamaschi v. Cuomo

1:20-cv-02817 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 3, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a putative class action challenging a New York law that requires mandatory detention of all alleged parole violators. The plaintiffs sought to enjoin application of the law and argued the lawsuit took on "particular urgency" due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The court denied the motion for preliminary injunction on April 20. Both parties filed for summary judgment in late 2020. The court granted summary judgment for the defendants on March 10, 2021 and ordered the case clo…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Hernandez v. New York State Board of Elections

1:20-cv-04003 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 22, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 election cycle in New York. On April 9, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a series of executive orders allowing any voter in the state to apply to vote in the June 23, 2020 primary election using a paper absentee ballot mailed to their home. The plaintiffs are four disabled individuals and four disability advocacy groups: Disability Rights New York, National Federation of the Blind of New York State, American Council…
POLICING
United States of America v. County of Los Angeles

2:15-cv-03174 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 28, 2015

Case Ongoing

The U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division initiated a civil investigation of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department on August 19, 2011. The investigation focused on allegations of unconstitutional conduct by deputies at two stations located in the Antelope Valley cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, California. The DOJ proceeded under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994,42 U.S.C. § 14141 (Section 14141), and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,42 U.S.C. § 2000d…