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PRISON CONDITIONS
Adams & Knights v. Kentucky

3:14-cv-00001 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Jan. 1, 2014

Closed Date: Dec. 24, 2020

On January 1, 2014, deaf and hard of hearing prisoners in the Kentucky prison system filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated against the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Kentucky Department of Corrections, several other departments of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and by the Washington Lawyers' Committee Prisoners Rights Project, alleged violations of the America…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Chatman v. Otani

1:21-cv-00268 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: June 9, 2021

Closed Date: Sept. 10, 2021

This class action lawsuit, brought in 2021 by persons incarcerated or detained in Hawai'i correctional facilities, alleged that the conditions in the state's jails and prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic had contributed to multiple COVID-19 outbreaks and sought implementation of health and safety protocols. On June 8, 2021, this case was removed from Hawaii’s First Circuit Court to the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. On June 9, plaintiffs filed their first amended class action …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Washington & Minnesota v. Trump

2:17-cv-00141 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2017

Closed Date: Nov. 9, 2018

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed this federal lawsuit on January 30, 2017 against President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) barring legal immigrants and refugees from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the U.S. and barring Syrian refugees indefinitely. The State filed a complaint and an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The State of Minnesota also signed on as a plaintif…
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
Darweesh v. Trump

1:17-cv-00480 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: Sept. 21, 2017

This lawsuit challenged President Trump’s January 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO-1) barring admission to the U.S. of nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The plaintiffs–visa holders who were detained at JFK airport and threatened with deportation pursuant to EO-1–filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and a civil complaint in District Court for the Eastern District of New York on January 28, 2017. Simultaneously, the plaintiffs filed a motion to certify…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Garland v. Gonzalez (Aleman Gonzalez v. Sessions)

3:18-cv-01869 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 27, 2018

Case Ongoing

On March 27, 2018, immigrant detainees who had been held for more than six months without a bond hearing during the pendency of their removal proceedings petitioned the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for a writ of habeas corpus; they also sought declaratory and injunctive relief. Represented by Centro Legal de la Raza, the American Civil Liberties Union of California, and private counsel, the plaintiffs brought this class action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 2241, …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Texas v. United States

6:21-cv-00016 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 6, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging the Biden Administration's efforts to use systemic prosecutorial discretion in immigration enforcement. On April 6, 2021, the states of Texas and Louisiana filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The plaintiffs sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) under the Immigration and Nation…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Eisen v. Cuomo

7:20-cv-05121 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 3, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 12, 2020

An independent candidate for the United States House of Representatives in New York’s 17th congressional district filed a lawsuit on July 3, 2020 in order to declare unconstitutional, enjoin, or modify New York's in-person signature requirements for candidates seeking to qualify for the November 2020 elections due to the difficulties in obtaining these signatures caused by COVID-19. The Governor of New York had issued an Executive Order to suspend the collection of signatures for petitions of c…
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
Nemes v. Bensinger

3:20-cv-00407 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: June 8, 2020

Closed Date: July 17, 2020

This is a case about the constitutionality of a reduction in the number of polling places during the June 23, 2020 primary election in Kentucky. On June 8, 2020, a Kentucky state representative and several Kentucky residents filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. They sued the governor, secretary of state, and state election officials as well as county clerks, sheriffs, and election officials in Jefferson, Fayette, Kenton, Boone, and Cam…