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POLICING
Melendres v. Arpaio

2:07-cv-02513 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2007

Case Ongoing

This case concerns racial profiling by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (“MCSO”) in Arizona. On December 12, 2007, Latino motorists filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona against the County of Maricopa, MCSO, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 2201. They sought to represent a class of Latino persons who have been or will be stopped, detained, interrogated, or searched by the Sheriff or his agents in …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hamama v. Adducci

2:17-cv-11910 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 15, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case concerns a habeas petition and the due process rights of detained Iraqi Americans facing deportation to Iraq. Petitioners in this class action/habeas petition were Iraqi nationals, including many Chaldean Christians, who had resided in the United States for many years. They had been subject to final orders of removal for years, but the U.S. government permitted them to reside in the community under orders of supervision. After the Trump Administration negotiated with Iraq in early 201…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Malam v. Adducci

5:20-cv-10829 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 30, 2020

This case concerns the due process rights of civil immigration detainees with medical vulnerabilities during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 30, 2020, an individual lawful permanent resident, in removal proceedings in Detroit and detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) at the Calhoun County Correctional Facility, filed this emergency habeas petition and complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Represented by pri…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Holmes v. Godinez

1:11-cv-02961 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 4, 2011

Closed Date: Aug. 18, 2023

On May 04, 2011, deaf and hard of hearing prisoners filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against officials at the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by a group of public and private lawyers, the plaintiffs alleged that, while in IDOC custody, they were denied the assistance they needed to effectively communicate and participate in IDOC programs and services, in violation of the Americans with …
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Aid for Women v. Foulston

6:03-cv-01353 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: Oct. 3, 2003

Closed Date: Oct. 16, 2008

Individual licensed professionals, including healthcare providers and social workers, joined Aid for Women, a gynecological medical practice in Kansas City, to bring this putative class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, against district attorneys in Kansas and (in an amended complaint) the state attorney general. They filed the case on October 3, 2003, after the attorney general of Kansas issued a 2003 advisory opinion, interpreting the state’s child abuse report…
PUBLIC HOUSING
Velez v. Cisneros

2:90-cv-06449 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 5, 1990

Case Ongoing

On October 5, 1990, residents of public housing complexes in Chester, PA filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs sued the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Chester Housing Authority (CHA) under the federal public housing law, 42 U.S.C. § 1437. The plaintiffs, represented by legal aid and private attorneys, sought declaratory and injunctive relief. They claimed that the defendants violated federal housing…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Lane v. Tennessee

3:98-cv-00731 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Aug. 10, 1998

Closed Date: 2005

On August 10, 1998, two named plaintiffs, both of whom had paraplegia and used wheelchairs, filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, against the State of Tennessee and 25 Tennessee counties. The plaintiffs alleged past and ongoing violations of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§12131-12165. The plaintiffs claimed that they had been denied access to the Tennessee state court system because of their di…
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…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Rolland v. Romney

3:98-cv-30208 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Oct. 29, 1998

Closed Date: March 31, 2010

On October 29, 1998 seven developmentally disabled individuals living in private nursing homes and two advocacy organizations filed suit against Massachusetts and six state agencies in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. They alleged that the defendants were warehousing patients eligible for community based treatment in nursing care facilities in violation of Americans with Disabilities Act, the Medicaid Act, and the Nursing Home Reform Amendments. They sought …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Democratic National Committee v. Bostelmann

3:20-cv-00249 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: March 18, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 20, 2021

In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, states all around the country attempted to conduct presidential primary elections. Simultaneously, Americans were practicing “social distancing,” sheltering in place, and avoiding going out in public and interacting with others as much as possible. Individuals, especially those over the age of sixty and those with preexisting conditions like asthma and autoimmune disorders, were encouraged to stay home as much as possible. Schools and daycares closed across …