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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Savino v. Hodgson

1:20-cv-10617 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 27, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: A class action for emergency release by noncitizens in civil immigration detention in the Bristol County House of Corrections. Judge William Young provisionally certified five sub-classes, reviewed dozens of bail applications, and released several individuals. Then on May 12, he banned further admissions to the facility and ordered universal COVID-19 testing. The defendants moved to reconsider and appealed to the First Circuit. On June 3, the court declined to reconsider the p…
CHILD WELFARE
LaShawn A. v. Fenty

1:89-cv-01754 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 20, 1989

Case Ongoing

In 1989, Children's Rights and the ACLU filed a federal class action on behalf of children placed in foster care under the supervision of the District of Columbia's Department of Human Services (DHS), and abused and neglected children who are (or should be) known to DHS by virtue of abuse or neglect. The case asserted violations of Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, due process, the District of Columbia Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Act of 1977, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatm…
NATIONAL SECURITY
Ibrahim v. Department of Homeland Security

3:06-cv-00545 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 27, 2006

Case Ongoing

On January 27, 2006, a Muslim woman, represented by pro bono counsel, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against multiple state and federal agencies, alleging Section 1983 claims, state law tort claims, and several constitutional claims based on the inclusion of her name on government terrorist watchlists, including the No Fly List. The federal government filed a motion to dismiss based on lack of subject matter jurisdiction, claiming that jurisdi…
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, Eight, and Fourteenth Amendment rights, as well as their equivalents under the…
EDUCATION
Berry v. Pastorek

2:10-cv-04049 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Oct. 26, 2010

Case Ongoing

On October 26, 2010, a group of students with disabilities filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against the Louisiana Department of Education and the Orleans Parish School Board. The plaintiffs, represented by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Southern Poverty Law Center, and private counsel alleged that the defendants acted and continued to act in violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) of 2…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Mayfield v. Orozco

2:13-cv-02499 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 3, 2013

Closed Date: 2017

On December 3, 2013, a pre-trial detainee in the Sacramento County Jail filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. The plaintiff sued the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department, an individual officer in the Sheriff's Department, the County of Sacramento, the University of California, and the University of California Health System (UCDHS) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiff sought monetary relief, claiming…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Van Orden v. Schafer

4:09-cv-00971 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: June 22, 2009

Closed Date: 2017

On June 22, 2009, a group of civilly committed residents of the Missouri Department of Mental Health's ("DMH") Sex Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment Services ("SORTS") facilities filed this class action lawsuit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The plaintiffs sued the DMH and the Missouri Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.Each of the plaintiffs had previously been found guilty of a sexually violent crime and have also been declared a sexu…
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 …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Dominguez v. Schwarzenegger

4:09-cv-02306 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 26, 2009

Closed Date: 2014

On May 26, 2009, recipients of In-Home Service Support (IHSS) care filed a lawsuit under the Supremacy Clause against Arnold Schwarzenegger and other government officials in the Northern District Court of California. The Plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for injunctive and declaratory relief, claiming that in enacting Section 12306. 1 (d)(6), the California Legislature failed to consider the required factors of efficiency, economy, quality of care, and access to servic…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Jones'el v. Berge

3:00-cv-00421 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2000

Closed Date: 2008

On September 25, 2000, prisoners confined at the Supermax Correctional Institution in Boscobel, Wisconsin, and the Waupun Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin against those prisons. The plaintiffs, represented by court appointed counsel and the University of Wisconsin School of Law, asked the court for declaratory, injunctive and monetary relief, alleging that their va…