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Doe v. Trump

2:17-cv-00178 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 3, 2022

This class action challenged President Trump's January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) which prohibited admission to the US for nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The plaintiffs commenced this lawsuit on February 7, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs were represented by the ACLU of Washington and private counsel. On November 29, 2017, this case was consolidated with Jewish Family Service of Seattle v. Trump, No…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Goodman v. Davis

2:12-cv-00166 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 21, 2012

Case Ongoing

On May 21, 2012, a Native American prisoner incarcerated at the McConnell Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) filed this lawsuit, pro se, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The plaintiff sued five TDCJ employees under 42 U.S.C. § 1983: the Director of TDCJ, the Director of Chaplaincy Department, two chaplains, and the Deputy Director of Prison and Jail Operations. He claimed that TDCJ policies violated his rights under RLUIPA and the First Amendme…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
People First of Alabama v. Merrill

2:20-cv-00619 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 1, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This lawsuit was filed by Alabama voters to temporarily enjoin Alabama’s voting law provisions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The plaintiffs challenged the witness and photo ID requirement, requiring absentee voters to obtain witness or notary signatures, and submit a photocopy of their ID with their ballot. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief to enjoin enforcement of the Witness and ID requirement and to allow curbside voting during the primary, municipal, …
EDUCATION
Beal v. Midlothian Independent School District

3:01-cv-00746 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 18, 2001

Closed Date: Jan. 22, 2003

Parents, as next of friend of female students of Midlothian Public School District, filed suit against the school district under Title IX of the Education Amendment, 20 U.S.C. § 1681, and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, on April 18, 2001 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The plaintiffs alleged that the school district had violated Title IX by discriminating against female students as to the sports and opportunities offered. Specifically, the…
EDUCATION
Videckis v. Pepperdine University

2:15-cv-00298 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 14, 2015

Closed Date: 2017

On December 10, 2014, two student-athletes brought this discrimination action against Pepperdine University in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles. The plaintiffs alleged that the university administration, athletic department, and women’s basketball coach coordinated to discriminate against them because of their same-sex relationship, resulting in dismissal from the basketball team and loss of athletic scholarships, which forced them to leave school. The…
POLICING
CODING IN PROCESS
Dundon v. Kirchmeier

1:16-cv-00406 | U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota

Filed Date: Nov. 28, 2016

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) This was a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of protestors who were injured by law enforcement while protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline. On November 28, 2016, a week after over 200 protestors were injured at Backwater Bridge in Standing Rock, North Dakota, this case was filed. Five years later, on December 29, 2021, the court dismissed the case.
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Council of Parents Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) v. DeVos

1:18-cv-01636 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 12, 2018

Closed Date: May 4, 2021

On July 12, 2018, the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. COPAA sued the U.S. Department of Education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Represented by the National Center for Youth Law and private attorneys, COPAA sought declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as attorneys' fees and costs to stop the Dept. of Education from delaying …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Price v. New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services

1:21-cv-00025 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Progeny v. City of Wichita

6:21-cv-01100 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: April 15, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging the Wichita Police Department’s (WPD) usage of gang lists, alleging that they imposed a disparate impact on Black and Latinx residents and that they were unconstitutional in their implementation. The plaintiffs, Progeny (a community based organization seeking to prevent the incarceration of young people) and private individuals within Wichita who had been impacted by these policies, were represented by Kansas Appleseed Center for Law & Justice and the ACLU of Kansas. …
JAIL CONDITIONS
McBean v. City of New York

1:02-cv-05426 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 15, 2002

Case Ongoing

On July 15, 2002, inmates of New York City jails filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of New York and jail officials in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs, represented by Emery Celli, asked the Court in a series of amended complaints for declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, alleging that the defendants had violated their constitutional rights by subjecting them to strip searches in the absence of reaso…