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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Committee For A Fair And Balanced Map v. Illinois State Board of Elections

1:11-cv-05065 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 27, 2011

Closed Date: Dec. 15, 2011

This was a challenge to the congressional redistricting plan adopted by the State of Illinois after the 2010 census (the “Adopted Map”). Plaintiffs were an organization called the Committee for a Fair and Balanced Map (a not for profit organization created by Illinois citizens concerned about the congressional redistricting process in Illinois), ten incumbent Republican members, ten incumbent Republican members of Congress, and six registered voters (including some who identify themselves as La…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of California v. Trump

4:19-cv-00872 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 18, 2019

Closed Date: Aug. 2, 2023

In 2018, President Donald Trump asked Congress to appropriate $5.7 billion for construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. On February 14, 2019, Congress denied that request and instead appropriated only $1.375 billion. Although President Trump signed this appropriations bill, he simultaneously declared a national emergency under the National Emergencies Act, and directed the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, and the Treasury to reallocate military and other funds in order to bui…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
National Women's Law Center v. OMB

1:17-cv-02458 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 15, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 22, 2022

On November 15, 2017, the National Women’s Law Center and the Labor Counsel for Latin American Advancement filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The case was assigned to Judge Tanya S. Chutkan. The plaintiffs sued the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Administrator for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) (a division of the Office of Management and Budget), and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), under the…
PRISON CONDITIONS
U.S. v. Alabama

2:15-cv-00368 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 28, 2015

Case Ongoing

On February 26, 2013, the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division sent notice to the Alabama Department of Corrections that it would be conducting an investigation of the Julia Tutwiler Prison. The investigation sought to address allegations that prisoners were subjected to sexual abuse by prison staff in violation of their constitutional rights; allegations that the prison failed to report and prevent sexual abuse; and allegations that the prison failed to provide adequate mental health an…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Brash v. Wexford Health Source, Inc.

2:02-cv-14331 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2002

On December 6, 2002, a prisoner in Florida's Okeechobee Correctional Institution (OCI), represented by counsel from the Florida Justice Institute, sued in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment was being violated by the defendants' failure to provide him appropriate medical care. The lead defendant was Florida's contract medical service provider for OCI; als…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Thakker v. Doll

1:20-cv-00480 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: March 24, 2020

Closed Date: April 18, 2023

COVID-19 Summary: Twelve particularly vulnerable immigration detainees filed this habeas petition and complaint on March 24, 2020. The Court granted release on March 31, holding that their ongoing detention was unlawfully punitive given the grave threat posed by congregate detention during the coronavirus pandemic. On April 17, the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint, seeking class certification for all civil immigrant detainees in the Middle District of PA over the age of 45 or with underlyi…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Bush v. Biden

7:21-cv-00272 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: July 13, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging the Biden administration's decision to stop building a southern border wall. On July 13, 2021, the General Land Office of the State of Texas and its then-commissioner, George P. Bush (collectively, “GLO”) sued President Biden, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Secretary of DHS in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. GLO challenged Proclamation 10142 (“the Proclamation”), which ordered DHS to stop construction of the southern U.S…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Brown v. Warren

1:20-cv-07907 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: June 26, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This class action was filed pro se by eight inmates in the Cumberland County Correctional Facility on June 26, 2020. The plaintiffs were later appointed legal counsel and, in an amended complaint, sought safety and testing remedies in light of COVID-19. On March 22, 2024, the court approved a final class action settlement that contained various COVID-19 policies as well as monitoring through 2026. This case concerns the constitutionality of the COVID-19 procedures in the Cumb…
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
Chairse v. State of Minnesota Department of Human Services

0:23-cv-00355 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case arose out of the Minnesota Department of Human Services’ alleged failure to transfer civilly committed inmates to a state-operated treatment facility within the timeframe prescribed by state law. On January 23, 2024, a person who was civilly committed while in state custody filed this lawsuit in Minnesota’s Fourth Judicial District (Hennepin County). The case was ultimately removed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The plaintiff sued the Minnesota Department of…