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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Advocacy, Inc. v. Horn

1:08-cv-00071 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 2008

Closed Date: Aug. 6, 2009

This is a case about a protection and advocacy (P&A) agency’s records access authority for peer review records. On January 23, 2008, Disability Rights Texas filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas against Adelaide Horn in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (Department). Disability Rights Texas alleged that the Department violated the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Mental Illness Act…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Toor v. Berger

1:22-cv-01004 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 11, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about individuals who were denied religious accommodations to practice their faith while in recruit training for, or serving in, the U.S. Marine Corps. On April 11, 2022, four Sikh Americans filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of the Navy, officials in both departments, and officials in the U.S. Marine Corps under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act (RFRA), …
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Beatty v. Lamont

3:22-cv-00380 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: March 14, 2022

Case Ongoing

Connecticut General Statute §§18-85a-c required current and formerly incarcerated people to pay $249 per day incarcerated as a so-called “pay-to-stay” law. This law resulted in debt that the state frequently collected against formerly incarcerated people's property. On March 14, 2022, two plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU, filed suit against Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, responsible for overseeing the Department of Corrections, and Attorney General William Tong, vested with authority to fi…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Guertin v. State of Michigan

5:16-cv-12412 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 27, 2016

Case Ongoing

This case is one of many filed in response to the 2014 Flint water crisis, which occurred when Flint began to draw corrosive water from the Flint River to save money, exposing thousands to lead and other toxins. On June 27, 2016, a resident of Flint who drank and bathed in lead-contaminated water filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on behalf of herself and her minor child. (The complaint named, but did not describe, a second individual plaintiff wh…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Alabama Disability Advocacy Program v. Wood

2:07-cv-00434 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 16, 2007

Closed Date: Sept. 10, 2008

This is a case about the scope of a Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency’s records, facilities, and residents access authority under its enabling statutes. On May 16, 2007, Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Project (ADAP), Alabama’s P&A, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. ADAP filed this lawsuit against J. Walter Wood, Jr., Executive Director of Alabama Department of Youth Services (DYS), in his official capacity under the Developmental Disabilities As…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Arizona v. Mayorkas

2:21-cv-00617 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: April 11, 2021

Closed Date: Feb. 6, 2023

On April 11, 2021, the State of Arizona filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Arizona sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Arizona sought injunctive and declaratory relief. Specifically, Arizona claimed that the federal defendants should have complied with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and APA by completing environm…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Deanda v. Becerra

2:20-cv-00092 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 10, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about minors' confidential access to contraception through the federally-funded Title X program. On April 10, 2020, a parent filed this lawsuit in the Amarillo Division of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas before District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk. The suit named as defendants the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs for the United States. Represented by attorneys at The Filmore Law Fir…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Fund for Empowerment v. City of Phoenix

2:22-cv-02041 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Nov. 30, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a challenge to Phoenix’s policies policing homelessness and the City’s treatment of unsheltered individuals concerning unreasonable seizure and destruction of property during “homeless sweeps.” On November 30, 2023, the Fund for Empowerment (FFE) and two individual plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District court for the District of Arizona. Defendants included the City of Phoenix and police officials in their official capacities. Represented by the ACLU of Arizona, plaintiffs s…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Giroir v. Leblanc

3:21-cv-00108 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections consistently over-detaining thousands of incarcerated people per year for nearly the past ten years. On February 19, 2021, an incarcerated person in DOC’s custody filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. The plaintiff sued the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections and the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Rights Washington v. Penrith Farms

2:09-cv-00024 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 29, 2009

Closed Date: Oct. 6, 2009

This is a case about whether a Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency can use its access authority in an unlicensed group home. On January 29, 2009, Disability Rights Washington, Washington’s P&A, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Disability Rights Washington filed this lawsuit against Penrith Farms (Penrith), an unlicensed group home provider, under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act) and Protection and Adv…