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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
National Association of Immigration Judges v. Neal

1:20-cv-00731 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 1, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case challenged a policy of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) which placed restrictions on immigration judges who wish to speak or write publicly in their personal capacities about certain topics. The 2017 policy imposed a preapproval requirement on all immigration judges who wished to speak at public events in their personal capacities. The 2020 policy, which replaced the 2017 policy, said that immigration judges were prohibited from speaking in their personal capacities …
EDUCATION
Johnson v. The University of Oklahoma

5:24-cv-00495 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: May 15, 2024

Case Ongoing

This is a case about colleges' consideration of race in distribution of financial aid. On May 15, 2024, three white students filed a putative class action lawsuit against the University of Oklahoma and a series of University officials in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. The plaintiffs alleged that the University discriminated in favor of Black students when awarding financial aid. They sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of the Fourteenth Amendment's Eq…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Mirabelli v. Olson

3:23-cv-00768 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: April 27, 2023

Case Ongoing

This is a case about parental notification rules related to transgender and gender non-conforming students in schools. On April 27, 2023, two middle school teachers sued the Escondido Union School District (EUSD), the California State Board of Education, and various associated officials in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California before Judge Roger T. Benitez, challenging the school district policy AR 5145.3. The challenged policy requires teachers and staff to r…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Fowler v. Stitt

4:22-cv-00115 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: March 14, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case involves a constitutional challenge to a state law barring transgender individuals from amending their birth certificates. On March 14, 2022, three transgender people born in Oklahoma brought this suit against the Oklahoma Governor, the Oklahoma State Department of Health Commissioner, and the State Registrar of Vital Records in their official capacities. Represented by Lambda Legal and the ACLU, the plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Xerxes Corporation

1:08-cv-01882 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: July 18, 2008

Closed Date: Oct. 28, 2011

In this case, a company was not found liable for the egregiously hostile work environment its Black employees endured because—per the Fourth Circuit—it responded in a way “reasonably calculated” to end the racial harassment. This lawsuit was brought on July 18, 2008, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Xerxes Corporation, a Minnesota-based manufacturer of fiberglass storage tanks. The EEOC alleged that three Blac…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Williams v. Quinn

1:05-cv-04673 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 15, 2005

Case Ongoing

On August 15, 2005, residents of an intermediate care facility (IMD) with mental illness filed a lawsuit under the Supreme Court's decision in Olmstead, the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act against various Illinois state officials in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and legal services, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that they were needlessly…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Jones v. Trump

1:25-cv-00401 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the second Trump Administration's Executive Order 14166 (“Executive Order”), which mandated the transfer of transgender women incarcerated in federal women’s prisons to men’s facilities and denied access to gender-affirming care. On February 10, 2025, an adult transgender woman incarcerated in a women’s federal prison filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of the District of Columbia against President Donald Trump in his official capacity, the Depart…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ozturk v. Hyde

2:25-cv-00374 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: March 25, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case is one of numerous lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s abrupt termination of immigration visas—mostly student or work visas—with no notice to the visa-holders and with dubious or no legal basis. You can see all of the cases here. On March 25, 2025, Turkish national and Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk was abruptly detained by masked plainclothes agents of the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) on the streets of Somerville, Massachusetts. The federal government …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Doe v. Delaware County

5:22-cv-01405 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 8, 2022

Closed Date: March 5, 2024

This is a case about the exclusion of an inmate from programs due to his HIV positive status.  On April 8, 2022, a named plaintiff, represented by LAMBDA Legal and the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiff filed suit against Delaware County, the GEO Group, a private for-profit correctional management company that operates George W. Hill Correctional Facility (GWHC), and multiple staff members at GWHC inclu…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
United States v. Osageide

1:06-cv-02307 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 25, 2006

Closed Date: Dec. 11, 2009

 On March 13, 2003, defendant (also petitioner) was arrested and subsequently indicted by the U.S. government for distribution of heroin and possession with intent to distribute 50g of crack cocaine. Initially, on March 21, 2003, defendant plead not guilty. But on January 9, 2004, defendant changed his plea to guilty on one count of heroin distribution. As a result, defendant was sentenced to 97 months of imprisonment. He did not appeal this sentence.  On April 25, 2006, petitioner filed a moti…