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13 cases, 13 documents
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Bell v. City of Boise

1:09-cv-00540 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Oct. 22, 2009

Closed Date: March 2, 2021

On October 22, 2009, homeless individuals represented by Idaho Legal Services and the National Center on Homelessness and Poverty filed this complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho against the City of Boise. The plaintiffs had been cited under a pair of Boise municipal ordinances that made it illegal to sleep or camp in public parks and other public areas, despite the lack of available beds at the city's shelters. The complaint alleged that criminalizing homelessness in t…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Amador v. Baca

2:10-cv-01649 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: March 5, 2010

Case Ongoing

On March 5, 2010, two female former inmates who were imprisoned in the Century Regional Detention Facility ("CRDF"), a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department ("LASD") facility, filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Represented by a civil rights law firm, the plaintiffs sued the LASD under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs alleged violations of their Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights, as well as their equivalents under th…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Missouri v. Biden

3:22-cv-01213 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: May 5, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case concerns communication between U.S. officials and technology companies and allegations that numerous federal officials coerced social-media platforms into censoring certain social media content in violation of the First Amendment. Plaintiffs Missouri, Louisiana, and five private persons claimed that Defendants suppressed conservative-leaning free speech. On May 5, 2022, Plaintiffs, represented by Attorney Generals of Missouri and Louisiana, New Civil Liberties Alliance and private cou…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Lippert v. Godinez

1:10-cv-04603 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 23, 2010

Case Ongoing

On July 23, 2010, a prisoner at Stateville Correction Center filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiff sued Wexford Health Services and the Illinois Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff, representing himself pro se, asked the court for monetary damages and injunctive relief. The plaintiff claimed that the defendants were deliberately indifferent to his medical needs resulting from Type 1 Diabetes, viola…
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 (NYPD), 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 certifi…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Gonzalez v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

2:13-cv-04416 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 19, 2013

Case Ongoing

On June 19, 2013, a detained plaintiff filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, as well as private counsel, plaintiff sued Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The plaintiff asked the court for declaratory and injunctive remedies and habeas corpus relief. Specifically, he alleged that ICE's practice of issuing i…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
J.E.F.M. v. Holder

2:14-cv-01026 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 9, 2014

Closed Date: May 2, 2019

On July 9, 2014, this class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of all children who are or will be in immigration proceedings who do not have legal representation in their proceedings. The suit was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) against the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and several public interest groups, sough…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Roy v. Los Angeles County

2:12-cv-09012 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 19, 2012

Case Ongoing

On October 19, 2012, five named plaintiffs filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, challenging the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s (LASD) practice of holding individuals subject to immigration detainer beyond their release date solely on the basis of the detainer. The plaintiffs alleged that these practices violated state law, the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, and the California Constitution (Cal. …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Labor/Community Strategy Center v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

2:94-cv-05936 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 31, 1994

Closed Date: 2009

On August 31, 1994, the Labor/Community Strategy Center, the Bus Riders Union (a community organization formed to represent the interests of bus riders), and other organizational plaintiffs filed a class action law suit against the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and related individuals, on behalf of users of public transportation in Los Angeles County. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The Plaintiffs were repres…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Ball v. Betlach

4:00-cv-00067 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Jan. 27, 2000

Closed Date: 2010

On January 27, 2000, a group of elderly, physically disabled, and developmentally disabled individuals filed a lawsuit under the Medicaid Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Rehabilitation Act against the State of Arizona and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Plaintiffs, represented by public interest attorneys, asked the Court for injunctive relief, claiming that they were not receiving adequ…